Laura Morelli Schittenhelm

France flag French

20+ years of experience

Language:

English, French

Present Function:

ADVANT Altana – Partner in the IP&IT department :

- Advice and litigation in trademarks and domain names, patents and know-how, unfair competition and parasitism, copyright and designs, image rights, misleading advertising and comparative advertising; contract law and commercial litigation.

- Conventional and judicial mediation procedures, as a mediation advisor and mediator.

General Expertise:

Certifications and/or licenses
- ESCP Europe / CMAP – Mediator certificate (2021)

Professional legal or litigation experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

20 years as a lawyer specialized in Intellectual Property:

- Since Nov. 2023 ADVANT Altana – Partner in the IP&IT department (2 years)
- 2016-2023 McDermott Will &Emery – Partner (Counsel until 2018) (8 years)
- 2008-2015 Hogan Lovells – Associate (8 years)
- 2006-2007 Casalonga Avocats – Associate (2 years)

Handled numerous pre-litigation and litigation cases (before the Paris Court of First Instance and the Paris Court of Appeal), as well as ICC and WIPO arbitration cases, in the field of patents (infringement seizures, infringement actions, nullity actions, and claims actions) and FRAND licensing, often in international cases, particularly in the health sector (antibodies, drugs, type 2 diabetes treatment, medical devices, dietary supplements, etc.), but also in the fields of biocontrols, nuclear power, electric motors, software, DSL technologies, vacuum cleaners, baggage drop machines, fuel tanks, wine corks, etc.

Memberships and/or accreditations
- Promotion of Mediation in Intellectual Property (PMPI)
- Association of Trademark and Design Law Practitioners (APRAM) – Member of the Board of Directors
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)

Practical experience of conducting mediation or conciliation or judicial settlement conferences or out-of-court dispute settlements in disputes related to the scope of competence of the PMAC
Since 2022, CMAP-certified mediator (4 years):

- conduct of several information meetings (after an order given by the judge to the parties to meet a mediator) to present the mediation procedure and the interests of such amicable proceedings and determine whether a mediation would make sense in the case at hand.
- conduct of several conventional and judicial mediation procedures, as a mediator (including 3 under the CMAP auspices - about 65 hours), most of the time in the field of Intellectual Property (in the software industry for instance) but not only.
- participation to a certification session to become a mediator, as a Member of the jury.
- participation to two mediation contests, as a Member of the jury and the President of the jury.
- attending to numerous training sessions on mediation (14 hours).

Since 2012, mediation advisor in Intellectual Property (ADVANT Altana, McDermott Will & Emery, Hogan Lovells) (13 years):

- assistance of parties within the context of conventional and judicial mediation procedures, as a mediation advisor (including 2 under the CMAP auspices - 27 hours), always in the field of Intellectual Property.

Since 2006, lawyer specialized in Intellectual Property (ADVANT Altana, McDermott Will & Emery, Hogan Lovells, Casalonga) (20 years):

- negotiation of several settlement agreement in the field of Intellectual Property, and patents and know-how in particular.