👩‍🎓MFSD at Bologna University’ 2026 Summer School in Ravenna
- MFSD IP ADR CENTER AND ACADEMY
- May 13
- 2 min read
by Cooling Off Editorial Staff
đź“Ł MFSD is pleased to announce the participation of our co-founder, Pierfrancesco C. Fasano, in the round-table dedicated to the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), organised within the Ravenna Summer School of the University of Bologna Summer School on Cross-border Litigation and International Arbitration.
🎯 The discussion, entitled “The Unified Patent Court and PMAC: Litigation, ADR and the Future of European Patent Enforcement”, will bring together distinguished judges, practitioners and academics to explore the evolving architecture of European patent dispute resolution.
🗣️ Chair: FRANCESCA FERRARI
Opening Remarks: The UPC System After Its First Years: The Future of IP Enforcement in Europe
10:20 Paolo Catalozzi: Procedural Efficiency in the UPC Framework
10:45 Marina Tavassi: The Unified Patent Court Rules of Procedure
11:10 Elisabetta Papa: The Technical Judge Within the UPC Framework
11:30 Andrea Scilletta: The Technical Expert Before the UPC
11:50 Adriano Sponzilli: The Emerging Italian Role Within the UPC System: Alternatives to the Germanization of the UPC
12:10: Sir Robin Jacob: Advocacy and case presentation before the UPC – A true alternative: PMAC and its foreseable role
12:30 Pier Francesco Fasano: The Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC): Structure, Functions and Future Perspectives
12:55 Massimiliano Bina: Ethics, Independence and Impartiality of PMAC Mediators and Arbitrators
Final Discussion: All Speaker
The Future of Patent Enforcement in Europe: Courts, Arbitration and Innovation Policy
Q&A
Registrations to the Summer School are open NOW. And if you send your application by 15 May 2026, you will get a special rate of 300,00 € (instead of 400,00). So hurry up, just a few days left! 🔝
Don’t miss it out ! ⬇️
🏛️ Info: micheleangelo.lupoi@unibo.it
🙏 MFSD warmly thanks Professor Michele Angelo Lupoi and Professor Ferrari Francesca for the kind invitation and for promoting such a timely and high-level academic initiative.
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