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Alessandro Steinfl

Alessandro Steinfl is a U.S. Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney. He was a partner with the Los Angeles office of a Ladas & Parry. Prior to moving to Los Angeles he practiced at the Italian Intellectual Property firm of Societa’ Italiana Brevetti in Rome. Alessandro has been practicing for fifteen years as a patent practitioner. He represented clients on a wide range of IP-related technical areas including semiconductor technology, computer software, hardware, nanotechnology and business methods. Alessandro received his J.D. degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 2004 and his Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from La Sapienza University, Rome in 1993. He is admitted to the California State Bar, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, European Patent Office and Italian Patent Office.

Alessandro has authored the European Patent Protection of E-Commerce Technology (From .Com to Millionaire – The Silicon Valley Phenomenon, San Francisco, May 12, 2000) and The Doctrine of Equivalents Through the Eyes of the European Patent Convention (CASRIP Symposium Publication Series No. 6, July 2001 at 114).

Alessandro Steinfl represents clients on a wide range of IP-related technical areas including semiconductor technology, computer software, hardware, nanotechnology, optics, gaming technology and business methods.

Enrica Bruno

Enrica Bruno is a U.S. Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney. She was with the Los Angeles office of Greenberg Traurig and later in-house IP counsel at Materia Inc. Prior to moving to California she also practiced at the Italian Intellectual Property firm of Societa’ Italiana Brevetti in Rome.

Enrica has a combined ten years of professional experience in Europe and U.S., which include managing world-wide patent portfolios, developing intellectual property strategies for protecting companies’ technology, preparing and prosecuting national and PCT patent applications before the U.S. and European Patent Office, prosecuting patents in other countries, due diligence, litigation support, and drafting agreements relating to various areas of intellectual property. Areas of practice include biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, organometallic chemistry, design and mechanical arts.

Enrica is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She has been also admitted to practice law in Italy and practiced patent matters before the European Patent Office and the Italian Patent and Trademark Office.

Enrica lectured on patents to various International institutions including the American Chamber of Commerce, the Universities of Rome “La Sapienza” and “Tor Vergata”, the University of Naples, the Association of Patent & Trademark Attorneys in the Italian Industry and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

Enrica has a combined ten years of professional experience in Europe and U.S. Areas of practice include biotechnology, biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, organometallic chemistry, design and mechanical arts.