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Serena Cortese

Specialist
Serena is a member of our foreign trademark department. She assists clients with prosecuting applications to file trademarks at Patent and Trademark Offices throughout the world.

Her approach with clients comprises a first stage of preliminary analysis of the specific requirements of that client: Serena provides tailored advice and proposes the best filing strategy based on the identified needs and on the client's interests, in terms both of the extent of territorial protection and of the goods and services to be protected, and gives an initial opinion on the trademark, identifying any areas for improvement.

In a second stage, she assists clients in drawing up the list of goods and services to be protected by the trademark, and suggests filing strategies to comply with the local laws of each country of interest.

Serena also has experience and skills in analyzing clients' trademark portfolios and in assessing the need for any additions to ensure the best possible protection of the clients' trademarks.

She works equally with national and international clients, be they multinational corporations, small and medium enterprises, startups or sole traders, active in any economic sector including manufacturing, food, fashion and furnishings, not forgetting advanced technologies and publishing, both traditional and digital. 

Serena graduated from university with a thesis titled “The question of the temporal power of bishops in England and the outbreak of the English revolution 1638-1642”.

About me
In my free time I like...  writing short stories 
My favorite book is...  The Catcher in the Rye - Jerome David Salinger 
The best trip I’ve ever taken was...  to Los Roques 

Focus

Education
University Degree in Languages and Foreign Literature, University of Milan

Specializations in trademark matters
Filing, prosecution and renewal of European Union trademarks
Filing, prosecution and renewal of international trademarks
Filing, prosecution and renewal of national and foreign trademarks
Novelty and freedom-to-operate searches
Recordal of trademark ownership changes
Trademark portfolio analysis and/or management
Trademark validity and infringement opinions

Technical areas of expertise
Automotive
Commercial distribution
Cosmetics and perfumes
E-commerce
Fashion
Food & beverage
Furnishings
Jewelry
Media

Languages
English
French
Italian
Spanish

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