Full Bio Andrea Perronace has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in physical chemistry. Technical focusAs a patent and design attorney, he represents and advises clients ranging from research institutions and specialized local companies to multi-national corporations. His practice includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications and handling oppositions before the European Patent Office, on a broad range of subject-matters in the physics, telecommunications, electricity, electronic and electro-mechanical fields, including software patents, artificial intelligence and internet-related matters for which he has an extensive experience and on which he lectures and writes regularly. He also has extensive experience filing and prosecuting patent applications for defense-classified inventions.He has frequently been involved in patent litigation, both in the electronic and mechanical fields, as well as in design and copyright litigation. Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyHe has worked in private practice for more than 21 years.He is a former external expert for the European Commission in the field of Anti-Counterfeiting and has been admitted as a Court Expert before the Specialized Intellectual Property Section of the Court of Rome.Andrea Perronace is a full member of the European Patent Practice Committee (epi), serving in the ICT Group and Guidelines subcommittees. EducationAndrea Perronace got a Master Degree in Physics (Rome) and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (Paris), with a thesis on parallel computers simulation of molecular systems. Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A.Civil Court of Rome, Specialized Intellectual Property Section (External Court Expert)
Full Bio Andrea Perronace has been appointed to the Unified Patent Court in June 2023. His technical focus is in physical chemistry. Technical focusAs a patent and design attorney, he represents and advises clients ranging from research institutions and specialized local companies to multi-national corporations. His practice includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications and handling oppositions before the European Patent Office, on a broad range of subject-matters in the physics, telecommunications, electricity, electronic and electro-mechanical fields, including software patents, artificial intelligence and internet-related matters for which he has an extensive experience and on which he lectures and writes regularly. He also has extensive experience filing and prosecuting patent applications for defense-classified inventions.He has frequently been involved in patent litigation, both in the electronic and mechanical fields, as well as in design and copyright litigation. Professional Experience in Intellectual PropertyHe has worked in private practice for more than 21 years.He is a former external expert for the European Commission in the field of Anti-Counterfeiting and has been admitted as a Court Expert before the Specialized Intellectual Property Section of the Court of Rome.Andrea Perronace is a full member of the European Patent Practice Committee (epi), serving in the ICT Group and Guidelines subcommittees. EducationAndrea Perronace got a Master Degree in Physics (Rome) and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (Paris), with a thesis on parallel computers simulation of molecular systems. Name of any other employer of the judge or administration/court the judge is serving for Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A.Civil Court of Rome, Specialized Intellectual Property Section (External Court Expert)