Alain Alberini.

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Attorney at law, Partner Ph.D., LL.M. (UCLA)

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Alain Alberini specializes in intellectual property and unfair competition law, and is involved in the strategy of protecting, implementing and defending his clients' intangible assets. This includes representing clients before judicial and administrative authorities, as well as drafting contractual documents.&nbsp; Alain is particularly active in the new technologies, scientific research, luxury goods, arts and entertainment sectors.&nbsp;

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In addition, Alain Alberini has extensive experience and practice in the judicial field (civil and criminal), in both national and international contexts. This activity extends not only to intellectual property and unfair competition law, but also to other areas of law, such as contract law, corporate law, media law, art law, cybersecurity and data protection.

Last but not least, thanks to his academic background, Alain has taught and continues to teach in his areas of expertise in a number of institutions at the university level.

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Some representative professional achievements:

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<ul><li>Assistance and representation of claimants and defendants in matters of intellectual property rights infringements, both civil and criminal.&nbsp;</li><li>Drafting of numerous legal opinions on intellectual property and unfair competition, and related risk analysis, including in the field of new technologies.</li><li>Setting up of brand protection strategies for software and new technologies services, in particular blockchain, metaverses and IoT solutions, as well as their international implementation.</li><li>Legal assistance and representation of numerous entities facing cyber-attacks.</li><li>Representation of artists and copyrighted material users in negotiations with companies for the collective management of rights.</li><li>Assistance and representation of a UN agency in the negotiation of a SaaS contract with a major ERP solution provider.</li><li>Numerous representation cases in matters of criminal and civil press law.</li><li>Regular assistance to a leading clinic notably in relation clinical and fundamental research contracts, data protection, labor law and advertising law.&nbsp; </li></ul>

Some additional professional activities:

Alongside his attorney-at-law activity, Alain is a lecturer in intellectual property law at the University of Neuchâtel Law School, in intellectual property and competition law in the Digital Finance Law CAS of the University of Geneva Law School, and in innovation and media law at the Vaud School of Business and Engineering (HEIG-VD). He is also the author of numerous publications and conferences in these fields of law.

Alain is also heavily involved in projects linked to the evolution of the legal profession, notably as President of Group FG02 (in charge of electronic communication and file consultation) of the Justitia 4.0 project related to the digitization of Swiss justice, and as a member of the Modernization Commission of the Vaud Bar Association (OAV).

Education and previous working experience:

After completing his law studies at the Universities of Lausanne and Zurich (2004-2009), during which he worked as a law clerk at a civil court of first instance (2008-2009), Alain Alberini obtained a Ph.D. in trademark and unfair competition law (2010-2014; University of Lausanne; Prix de Faculté 2015). He also holds an LL.M. in Media, Entertainment and Technology Law and Policy Specialization from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (2017-2018).

Before joining sigma legal in 2018, Alain practiced with Troller Hitz Troller (Lausanne, 2009) and Gross &amp; Associés (Lausanne 2014-2017).

When I am not at sigma legal, you can find me?

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<ul><li>Assistance and representation of claimants and defendants in matters of intellectual property rights infringements, both civil and criminal.&nbsp;</li><li>Drafting of numerous legal opinions on intellectual property and unfair competition, and related risk analysis, including in the field of new technologies.</li><li>Setting up of brand protection strategies for software and new technologies services, in particular blockchain, metaverses and IoT solutions, as well as their international implementation.</li><li>Legal assistance and representation of numerous entities facing cyber-attacks.</li><li>Representation of artists and copyrighted material users in negotiations with companies for the collective management of rights.</li><li>Assistance and representation of a UN agency in the negotiation of a SaaS contract with a major ERP solution provider.</li><li>Numerous representation cases in matters of criminal and civil press law.</li><li>Regular assistance to a leading clinic notably in relation clinical and fundamental research contracts, data protection, labor law and advertising law.&nbsp; </li></ul><ul id="block-a7dcf1b7-9334-49ee-bad7-faeb4b1caa7a"><li>On the snow, in the water or on a grass field, practicing my favorite sports</li><li>Watching a movie, reading a book, visiting an exhibition or along the shores of the lake, depending on the season and the weather</li></ul>