Michele Ferrante

Background

About Michele Ferrante

MICHELE FERRANTE is the founder and the managing partner of FERRANTE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. He is an expert on the enforcement of IP rights and anti-counterfeit strategies in Asia.Michele graduated in Law from the University of Milan and was later admitted to the Milan Bar. The main focus of Michele's practice is advising high-profile foreign companies in the protection of their IP rights and designing anti-counterfeit strategies in China tailored to their needs and/or requirements. He assists Fortune Global 500 companies in developing and enforcing brand protection strategies in PRC.Collaborating with institutions such as the Polytechnic University of Milan, the EU Chamber of Commerce, the People's University of Peking. He is also a member of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee (ACC) of the European Community Trademark Association (ECTA) and International Trademark Attorney Association (INTA). Additionally, he has been appointed as a Helpdesk Expert by the China IPR SME Helpdesk.Michele has contributed to numerous EU-China IPR dialogues and governmental meetings. Including the Seminar on New Issues of Trademark Filing which focuses on bad faith trademark registration of international famous brands and the Seminar on Discussion about the new Trademark Law of China organized by the European Delegation of China & Mongolia. Michele has also collaborated with the US Department of Commerce in raising awareness on IPR Protection in China, giving his contribution to conferences and meetings organized by the Italian IPR Desk in Beijing and Guangzhou. Additionally, he was appointed as a moderator for the working group on China during the 31st ECTA Annual Meeting. Furthermore, Michele was a speaker at the ECTA workshop for "The Enforcement Challenges of IPRS in China and Europe" presenting the topic of 'The Enforcement of IPRs in China from a European Perspective'. He has also spoken at the American Bar Association's 29th Annual IP Law Conference.