The AIPPI conference includes numerous speeches by experts which will follow the usual greetings of
the Vice-president of the Milan Bar Association and Chairman of the Training Group of AIPPI Italy. Mrs. Simona Lavagnini, co-founding partner of LGV Avvocati and President of the Training Group of AIPPI Italy, will moderate the conference.
The topic of the seminar will be the conflict of interest for IP professionals, which will be addressed both from professional associations’ (of lawyers and consultants) point of view, as well as from industrial property law perspective, with a specific focus on unfair competition and trade secrets protection.
After a general overview, the speakers will deepen the rules on conflict of interest provided by lawyers and IP consultants’ associations.
A panel of experts will further address the issue from a comparative perspective. Among the speakers, Tankred Thiem, rechtsanwalt and attorney, partner of LGV Avvocati.

The seminar will be held on 18 December 2019, from 9.00 a.m. to 1.10 p.m. at the Sala Eligio Gualdoni of the Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan.

The Milan Bar Association will grant 3 training credits to participants, one of which in compulsory subjects. The seminar is currently under accreditation by the Association of IP consultants.

Participation is free of charge. Registration, subject to availability, must be made through the following link: https://aippi.it/events/ip-conflittointeressi-milano2019