Ivett Paulovics

• Intellectual Property
• Technology Law
• International Trade and Cross-Border Investments
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Agri-Food Law
• Fashion Law
• Art Law
• Transportation and Maritime Law
• European Union Law
• Hungarian Commercial Law

Since 2023 Lawyer at Avv. Ivett Paulovics Law Firm, Milan

• Providing legal services to businesses: legal advice and consultancy, commercial contract drafting and negotiation, priority searches, IP prosecution, monitoring, due diligence, immaterial asset evaluation, portfolio management, enforcement in administrative, court, and alternative dispute resolution proceedings (arbitration, mediation and Internet disputes).
• Participating in EU tendering and authoring legal studies for the European Commission involving a wide range of stakeholders: Study on intellectual property domain name information and alert system (geographical indications and domain names), DG Grow-DG Agri, 2023.

2015-2024 Legal Case Manager for Internet Disputes at MFSD Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution Center and Academy, Milan
• Overviewing the online dispute resolution service and the external relations for the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) domain disputes (150+).
• Developing the online case management system with the software house.
• Project management in the achievement of ICANN approval, elaborating strategies, position papers, recommendations and reports, participating at public comment periods and public consultations, representing MFSD before ICANN.
• Organising and providing training sessions and awareness raising events.
• Mentoring women intellectual property professionals to pursue arbitrator appointments and otherwise enhance their profiles and practice.

2018-2022 Co-founder and Partner at Fasano Paulovics Società tra Avvocati, Milan
• Providing legal advice and assistance in extrajudicial matters, and in judicial, administrative and alternative dispute resolution proceedings in intellectual property law, unfair competition, technology law, international business law, agri-food law, art and cultural heritage law, fashion law.
• Project management in EU tendering and carrying out comparative studies for combating speculative and abusive .eu domain name registrations for DG Connect, 2020; Study on Domain Name System (DNS) abuse for DG Connect 2022)

2009-2018 Senior Associate at Fasano Avvocati, Milan

2008 Associate at Manzato & Associati, Milan
• Drafting international commercial contracts (sale, manufacturing and supply, distribution, licensing, transfer of know how, joint venture, etc.), drafting pleadings and written submissions in international commercial arbitration, Internet disputes, researching and providing legal advice in intellectual property, international private law, ADR and judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU.

2004-2008 Trainee Lawyer at Gerencsér Ügyvédi Iroda, Budapest Szentendre, Studio Legale Avv. Picerno, Milan, Studio Legale Avv. Antongiovanni, Milan

2003 Legal Intern at Criminal District Court, Budapest, C’M’S’ Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni Law and Tax Firm, Milan

Arbitrator (UDRP and .ca Panelist) for the Internet disputes at Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre, FORUM (formerly National
Arbitration Forum), Czech Arbitration Court – Arbitration Center for Internet Disputes, and Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre

• Arbitrator in IP and international business disputes at Inter-Pacific Bar Association

• Contributing author on TMT law and ADR at LexisNexis

• Blog editor at sikkissima.com Fashion Law Blog

Domain name disputes decided as arbitrator:

• Number of UDRP arbitrations conducted and decisions rendered: 45
• Number of .it arbitrations conducted and decisions rendered: 7

Domain name disputes acting as counsel: UDRP and ccTLD arbitrations (e.g., .ca, .cn, .ec, .fr, .gr, .hu, .co.il, .it, .ir, .li, .mx, .nl, .ro, .se, .us, .co.uk, .co.za, .xxx): 150

Domain name disputes handled as URS case manager: 111

TRAINING EXPERIENCE

• As attendee:
  • November 2021- January 2022: MFSD Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution Center and Academy, Milan: Certificate course for mediators in intellectual property
  • October 2012: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva: Advanced course on domain name dispute resolution
• As speaker (past 3 years):
  • October 2022: CSC Cyber Security and Brand Protection Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark | European Commission’s DNS abuse report oveview
  • October 2022: Panelists Meeting of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) – ADR Center for Internet Disputes, Prague, Czech Republic | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • September 2022: European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network (EIPPN) Workshop of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Eurojust, The Hague, Netherlands | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • July 2022: Master in Food & Society, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy | Geographical indications and domain names
  • June 2022: CSC Digital Brand Forum, Paris, France | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • May 2022: Nordic Domain Days (NDD), Stockholm, Sweden | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • May 2022: Universal Postal Union .POST Group General Assembly, Bern, Switzerland | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • May 2022: International Trademark Association (INTA) Internet Committee, Washington, USA | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • March 2022: European Commission’s High Level Group on Internet Governance | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • March 2022: ICANN 73 Governmental Advisory Committee’s Public Safety Working Group and Intellectual Property Constituency | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • January 2022: European Commission DG Connect | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • September 2021: Panelists Online Meeting of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) – ADR Center for Internet Disputes, Prague, Czech Republic | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • May 2021: European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network (EIPPN) Online Workshop, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and Eurojust | Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse
  • February 2021: Online conference ‘Brand protection: global perspective’, College of Law of Prince Sultan University (KSA) | Selected UDRP cases – visitqatar.com | Enforcement in cases of online trademark infringement in Europe
  • November 2020: Online conference ‘Strengthening geographical indications’, European Commission DG AGRI and European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) | GIs and ccTLDs – Practices for combating speculative and abusive domain name registrations
  • November 2020: Webinar ‘Brands vs Domain Names’, ENTRA IP, USA | The Uniform Rapid Suspension System
  • October 2020: Autumn Virtual Meeting, European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) Internet Committee | The Study on evaluation of practices for combating speculative and abusive .eu domain name registrations
  • September 2020: Panelists Meeting of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) – ADR Center for Internet Disputes, Prague, Czech Republic | The ADR system under the .eu ccTLD
  • June 2020: Master in Food & Society, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy | Geographical indications and domain names
  • June 2020: Executive Course in Trademarks, patents and copyright | Legal&Business School, Catania, Italy | The domain name market during the pandemic and international domain dispute resolution 
  • December 2019: Street art and art law conference of the Milan Bar Association, Milan, Italy | Street art and copyright
  • October 2019: 4th Alternative Dispute Resolution Conference of the Hungarian Financial Arbitration Board, the Central Bank of Hungary and the National Office for the Judiciary, Budapest, Hungary | SMEs and mediation in IP disputes in Italy
  • October 2019: Master in Food & Society, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy | Geographical indications, certification marks and domain names
  • September 2019: Fashion Law Conference of the Milan Bar Association, Milan, Italy | UDRP, URS and .it domain name disputes for the protection of fashion brands on Internet
  • September 2019: Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) – Arbitrators’ Meeting of the ADR Center for Internet Disputes, Prague, Czech Republic | The impact of the GDPR on Internet disputes
  • September 2019: IGF (Internet Generation Forum) 2019, Budapest, Hungary | Empowering individuals, communities, organizations and corporations of the Visegrad 4 through effective dispute resolution in Internet disputes
  • May 2019: LegalTech Hungary 2019 Conference, Budapest, Hungary | The Italian legaltech landscape
  • May 2019: Annual Congress of the National Federation of Private Investigators, Naples, Italy | The new system of ‘Made in Italy’ – innovative tools for the protection of immaterial assets
  • April 2019: International Strategic Forum on Intellectual Property – IPQuorum 2019, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation | Smart agri-food and the protection of Made in Italy. Lessons learned for other countries

Memberships:

• Milan Bar Association
• High Level Group on Internet Governance at European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology
• Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Rights Protection Mechanisms Policy Development Process Working Group
• European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA) Internet Committee and EUIPO Link Committee
• International Council of Museums (ICOM)
• Signatory of Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge (ERAP)
• Signatory of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Mediation Pledge for Intellectual Property and Technology Disputes

• Study on Domain Name System (DNS) abuse for the European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, 31 January 2022, ISBN 978-92-76-46586-7
• Study on evaluation of practices for combating speculative and abusive domain name registrations for the European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, 21 July 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-20634-7
• Trade secrets and investigations, in Federpol Mag, No. 1, 2021, pages 64-67
• Practical note on the Uniform Rapid Suspension System domain name disputes for LexisNexis
• The armory of the domain disputes in Journal of the Italian Trademark and Patent Attorneys Bar Association, 1 March 2018, pages 22-24, ISSN 2421-3535
• The Uniform Rapid Suspension System Procedure — A Right Protection Mechanism in the Expanded Domain Name Landscape in Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) Journal – Issue no. 88 12/2017, pages 30-35, ISSN 1469-6495
• Articles published on LinkedIn on domain name disputes: Fight of IGOs and INGOs against abusive domain registrations (2019); Domain names containing blockchain and cryptocurrency-related terms and a well-known pharma trademark – Cybersquatting case (2018); New gTLDs’ Impact on UDRP (2017); How to defend yourself in a URS domain name dispute? (2017); Italian consorzia of wine producers win first .wine domain dispute and recover lambrusco.wine (2016); 10 tips and tricks before starting an URS domain name dispute (2016)

2014-2015, 2019, 2020 Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan
• Postgraduate course on legal tech, coding for lawyers, artificial intelligence
and blockchain legal issues, 2020
• Postgraduate course on corporate law, 2019
• Postgraduate course on fashion law, 2014-2015

2002-2003 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan
• Erasmus scholarship in EU and international law

1999-2004 Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest
• Juris Doctor (LL.D.) in law and political science (final grade: cum laude)