FM - CV

Qualified Lawyer in Italy – 2018. 

Double Ph.D. on AI and patent law – Queen Mary University of London 2022, Maastricht University 2023.

CIPP/E – International Association of Privacy Professionals, on GDPR, awarded 2018 (exp 2021). 

Diploma in Artificial Intelligence by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford – 2020. 

• March 2024 – present: General editor of European Patent Office Reports, Thomson Reuters.

• September 2023 – present: lecturer in AI, innovation and law and Director of Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law at Brunel University London.

• October 2020 – January 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Research associate, Digital Governance Group, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford; students tutor at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. 

• September 2017- September 2020: Early-Stage Researcher, Double Ph.D. in Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies - Queen Mary University of London, UK and Maastricht University, NT.  

Ph.D. research on “Patentability of Artificial Intelligence Generated Inventions: a Case Study on Pharma”, within EIPIN Innovation Society. Partner organisations of the project: The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations “EFPIA”, Brussels – Hovione, Portugal. 

Viva – QMUL: 18.7.2022. No corrections. Defense – Maastricht University: 15.5.2023.

• June - August 2016: Immigration officer at the Italian Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay. 

• November 2015 – May 2016: Export Division, managing relations with USA and Canada at Brunello Cucinelli Ltd commercial office.

• February 2015 – April 2015: Event organiser at Mumbai FOCUS Photography Festival. Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 

• November 2013 – December 2013: Legal Intern at Chiomenti Law Firm, Beijing. 

• September 2012 – October 2012: Legal intern at Laytons Solicitors, London.

 • 2016-2017: LL.M. Computer and Communication Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen  Mary University of London, UK 

Dissertation (distinction): “lack of copyright protection for non-human generated works in the US.” Modules: e-commerce law, data protection law, cybersecurity, intellectual property and creative industries

• 2009-2014: Master’s degree in Law, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy 

Dissertation: “Round Trip Investments in China”. Final grade: 106/110  - Research for final dissertation carried out in Beijing, China at Chiomenti Law firm. 

• December 2024, United Nations Industrial Development Organization “Bridging the AI Divide: Empowering Developing Coutries through Manufacturing”, by G. Anzolin and F. Mazzi.  
• 22.5.2024, The Digital Constitutionalist, “A Un Institution For Ai Governance: Why And How It Could Be A Good Idea”, by F. Mazzi and E. Abrusci. 
• 12.2.2024, IPKat Blog, “Book Review: Research Handbook on IP and Moral Rights” 
• 18.3.2021 “LTEC lecture on patentability of artificial intelligence - generated inventions: a case study of pharma” 
• 15.6.2020 “Should (A)I Stay Or Should (A)I Go? Black Box Ai Challenges Data Protection Law” special mention in the competition of the Center for legal and Court Technology, William and Mary Law School. 
• 25.6.2020 Ius In Itinere, “Artificial Intelligence and the challenges of the fashion industries” 
• 9.4.2019 IPKat blog, “AI-generated Make Up: Another IP Dilemma to Solve?” 
• 2.5.2019 European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations guest blog, “AI in healthcare: the (inestimable) value of data and the GDPR challenge”

•  “AI and copyright” at the EPIP Conference in Sant’Anna, Pisa
• “Foundations for AI Diplomacy: Advancing the Case for a UN Institution” ICSD  International Conference on Sustainable Development.
• “Exploring the Intersections of Intellectual Property and Sustainability: Towards a Framework for Impact Measurement” at the ATRIP Congress in Luiss Guido Carli, University of Rome 
• “Artificial Intelligence and Inventorship” at the QMIPRI Annual Conference  
• “Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: A Global Governance Perspective” at the Conference on AI by Kuwait International Law School
• “Artificial Intelligence and compliance” at the Conference on AI organised by Federmanager Gruppo Giovani. 
• "The AI Frontier in Environmental Observation" organised by UKEOF 

• Italian (mother tongue) 

• English (C2) 

• Spanish (B1) 

• French (A2)