EDUCATION
2024: PhD in Intellectual Property and Competition Law, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
2016: Law Degree, University of Parma. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2020/2021: Subject Expert (Cultore della materia) in Industrial Property Law (Master’s Degree in Law, Department of Law, Political and International Studies).
2024/2025–present: Subject Expert (Cultore della materia) in Fashion, Innovation and New Media Law (Master’s Degree in Law, Department of Law, Political and International Studies).
2024/2025–present: Subject Expert (Cultore della materia) in Legislation and Patents (course: “Ethical and Legislative Aspects of Biotechnological Applications”, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Master’s Degree in Medical, Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology).
2024/2025–present: Subject Expert (Cultore della materia) in Food Design and Intellectual Property Rights (Degree in Global Food Law: Sustainability Challenges and Innovation, Department of Law, Political and International Studies).
BOOKS
F. Manstretta, La Tutela dei Brevetti Standard Essential tra Property e Liability Rules, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2024, https://www.edizioniesi.it/pubblicazioni/libri/diritto_storia_filosofia_e_teoria_del_diritto_-_1/diritto_civile__-_1_-_07/tutela-brevetti-standard.html.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
F. Manstretta, La dottrina degli equivalenti: perché la all-elements rule è la scelta migliore, in Il Diritto industriale, 6/2017, p. 535, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, Violazione del diritto d’autore su un’App: tra problemi di quantificazione del danno in via equitativa e di raccordo tra disciplina delle banche dati e del software, in Diritto di Internet, 3/2021, p. 484, available at dirittodiinternet.it.
F. Manstretta, Giurisdizione e competenza nella contraffazione online: persistenti differenze ed esigenze di coordinamento tra disciplina dei marchi nazionali e dell’Unione Europea, in Il Diritto Industriale, 5/2021, p. 448, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, La Suprema Corte si pronuncia in materia di concorrenza sleale per appropriazione di pregi, in Il Diritto Industriale, 1/2022, p. 26, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
The Bird & Bird IP Team, National copyright decisions round-up 2021, in Journal Of Intellectual Property Law And Practice, 3/2022, p. 233, available at academic.oup.com.
F. Manstretta, Questioni di competenza territoriale nel Codice della proprietà industriale: il rapporto tra il foro del domicilio eletto ed il forum commissi delicti, in Il Diritto Industriale, 3/2022, p. 281, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, Contraffazione per equivalenti: l'oggetto del giudizio e la metodologia per valutare l'equivalenza, in Il Diritto Industriale, 4/2022, p. 313, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
The Bird & Bird IP Team, National copyright decisions round-up 2022, in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2/2023, p. 80, available at academic.oup.com.
F. Manstretta, Italian Supreme Court provides guidance on parody exception under copyright and trade mark law, in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 3/2023, p. 177, available at academic.oup.com.
The Bird & Bird IP Team, Round-up of national decisions on copyright protection of works of applied art 2023, in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2024, p. 217, available at academic.oup.com.
F. Manstretta, La doppia protezione della medesima invenzione con brevetto italiano ed europeo: implicazioni e prospettive dopo la riforma del Codice della proprietà industriale, in Il Diritto Industriale, 3/2024, p. 193, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, Protezione dei biscotti: tra marchi di forma registrati e di fatto, e look alike delle confezioni, in La Rivista di diritto industriale, 1/2024, p. 38, available in the dejure.lefebvregiuffre.it database.
F. Manstretta, Licenze FRAND ed ecodesign nel settore agroalimentare, in Il Diritto Industriale, 2/2025, p. 167, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, Le prime pronunce in materia di brevetti standard essential del Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti, in La Rivista di diritto industriale, II, 6/2025, p. 274, available in the dejure.lefebvregiuffre.it database.
F. Manstretta, Ambito di tutela del brevetto e competitività delle imprese, in Il Diritto Industriale, 2/2026, p. 171, available in the onelegale.wolterskluwer.it database.
F. Manstretta, SEPs Licensing and Comparative Judicial Approaches in Europe, in Bulletin CEDIDAC No. 99, 2026 (ISSN 1664-7955), available at https://www.swisslex.ch/en/biblio/journal/single-journal/303711ae-1eec-400a-b3f5-0390b96af882.
F. Manstretta, La risoluzione giudiziale delle FRAND dispute dieci anni dopo la sentenza Huawei v. ZTE, in Giurisprudenza Commerciale.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO VOLUMES
External Contributor, Part IV - Trade Secret Management, in WIPO Guide to Trade Secret and Innovation, 2024, https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/wipo-guide-to-trade-secrets-and-innovation/en/part-iv-trade-secret-management.html.
External Contributor, Part V - Trade Secret in Litigation, in WIPO Guide to Trade Secret and Innovation, 2024, https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/wipo-guide-to-trade-secrets-and-innovation/en/part-v-trade-secrets-in-litigation.html.
F. Manstretta, Commento all’art. 45 c.p.i., in C. Galli (ed.), Codice della proprietà industriale commentato, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2026.
F. Manstretta, Commento all’art. 47 c.p.i., in C. Galli (ed.), Codice della proprietà industriale commentato, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2026.
F. Manstretta, Commento all’art. 58 c.p.i., in C. Galli (ed.), Codice della proprietà industriale commentato, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2026.
F. Manstretta, Commento all’art. 59 c.p.i., in C. Galli (ed.), Codice della proprietà industriale commentato, Wolters Kluwer Italia, 2026.
F. Manstretta, Commento alla Rules of Procedure da 85 a 98, in M. Scuffi - M. Tavassi (eds.), Il brevetto unitario. Il regolamento di procedura della Corte Unificata Europea. Commentario sistematico, Giuffré, 2026.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Presentation entitled “The Relationship between European and Italian Patents as Governed by Article 5 of Law No. 102/2023”, at the conference “The Reform of the Intellectual Property Code”, Paradigma S.r.l., Milan, 27 November 2023.
Presentation entitled “Dual Protection of the Same Invention under Italian and European Patents: Implications and Prospects Following the Reform of Article 59 of the Industrial Property Code”, organised by Bird & Bird and accredited by the Italian National Bar Council for continuing professional development, Milan, 26 January 2024.
Presentation entitled “The Draft EU SEP Regulation”, at the Young EPLaw Annual Conference, Brussels, 29 April 2024.
Presentation entitled “FRAND Licences and Ecodesign in the Agri-Food Sector”, at the conference “Food Law and Sustainability: Between Innovation and Communication”, University of Parma, Parma, 25 October 2024 (4:07:30, https://www.youtube.com/live/2pGvpA0ljoE).
Presentation entitled “Scope of Patent Protection and Business Competitiveness”, at the conference “European Competitiveness and Intellectual Property in an Era of Global Uncertainty: Artificial Intelligence, Protection of Innovation and Cybersecurity, between the Draghi Agenda and the Stargate Project”, University of Parma, Parma, 31 October 2025 (7:16:00, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dje9xS7T3M).
Presentation entitled “SEPs Licensing and Comparative Judicial Approaches”, at the conference “Between Withdrawn Legislation and Ongoing Legal Battles - Which Future for SEPs Licensing?”, CEDIDAC, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2 March 2026 (https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/ecolededroit/files/02-centres/cedidac/manifestations-2025/Round%20Table_du%2002.03.26.pdf).
Introductory presentation and moderation of the AIPPI event “Standards and Patents Committee Webinar – Conduct as a Sword vs. Shield: Willingness in SEP Litigation in Brazil, China and India”, online, 22 June 2026 (https://www.aippi.org/event/standards-patents-committee-webinar/).
LECTURES AND SEMINARS
Lecture entitled “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”, as part of the doctoral teaching programme at the University of Parma in partnership with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 30 May 2025.
Lecture for “Module 5 – Information Engineering” of the Training Course on the Protection of Industrial and Intellectual Property, University of Macerata, 5 December 2025.
Lecture entitled “Intellectual Property: European Sources and the National Legal System”, as part of the course “European Sources and the National Legal System” within the doctoral teaching programme at the University of Parma in partnership with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 20 March 2026.
RESEARCH GROUPS AND COLLABORATIONS
“Farm & IP Law” research group within the Food For Future Project (https://www.foodforfuture.unipr.it/ricerca/farm-ip-law).
External Expert for WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization, for the preparation of the Guide to Trade Secret and Innovation (https://www.wipo.int/web-publications/wipo-guide-to-trade-secrets-and-innovation/en/index.html) and the Advanced IP eLearning Course “Mastering Trade Secrets and Innovation”, in collaboration with the IP eLearning Section of the WIPO Academy and the Patent and Technology Law Division (PTLD).
STUDY AND RESEARCH ABROAD
January–May 2016: Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA. Recipient of an EACLE scholarship.
June 2023: Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, Germany.
CERTIFICATIONS
October 2022: Patent Licensing Academy, European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana (Florence).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AIPPI – Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle: Member since 2024; member of the Patents & Standards Committee since 2025.
LES – Licensing Executives Society: Member since 2024; member of the Editorial Committee since 2025.
