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Marco was recognised as a 'Rising Star' in 2019

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Marco Morbidini

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Marco was recognised as a 'Rising Star' in 2019

- Managing IP Stars

Marco regularly drafts and prosecutes patent applications for a variety of clients across many engineering fields including controls, robotics, electric aviation, telematics, digital manufacturing, industry 4.0, electrical and fast-moving consumer goods and medical devices (with particular expertise in inhalers, injectors, wearable health, surgical instruments and combination products).
 
Marco also provides pre- and post- drafting/prosecution services such as: invention identification, harvesting and commercial impact assessment; patent infringement and validity opinions; patent portfolio building & management; and, IP due diligence. He also regularly attends oral proceedings at the EPO, including oppositions and appeals.
 
Finally, Marco is also frequently present in academic, legal, institutional and pro-bono circles. He regularly promotes IP within the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the UK and supports TechItalia:Lab, an accelerator for Italian start-ups in the UK. In 2015, Marco was recognised as a Talented Young Italian operating in the services industry in the UK, and as a result he is now a permanent mentor of the Talented Italians Association in the UK (TIUK). Since 2023, Marco acts as an Expert Reviewer for the World Food Forum’s Transformative Research Challenge, the flagship youth-based innovation programme enabled by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). He is also a judge on behalf of CIPA in connection with the prestigious Earthshot Prize, presented by the British Royal Foundation. He also collaborates with the European Patents Institute (epi), recently as part of an expert panel on the Doctrine of Equivalents in different European jurisdictions, and as a collaborator on initiatives related to the quality and harmonisation of patenting practices across Europe. He is also active within the internal committees of CIPA, the British body representing the patent attorney profession.

Marco ha una laurea Italiana in ingegneria meccanica conseguita presso l’Università di Perugia ed un dottorato di ricerca, sempre in ingegneria meccanica, presso il prestigioso Imperial College di Londra.

Avendo fatto esperienza a capo di un dipartimento di proprietà Industriale (PI) in un’azienda di ingegneria all’avanguardia della tecnologia, Marco si è formato come consulente particolarmente sensibile al valore commerciale della PI. Marco è perciò in grado di attuare programmi di protezione della PI che rispondano alle esigenze specifiche dei suoi clienti e lavora in modo costruttivo insieme ad essi alla definizione di piani e strategie per raggiungere successi misurabili in ogni fase del ciclo brevettuale.

Marco lavora regolarmente alla stesura e prosecuzione di specifiche di brevetto per vari clienti di tipologia e dimensione differenti, su tutto lo spettro delle applicazioni ingegneristiche. Inoltre, Marco segue le pratiche anche nelle fasi che precedono e seguono le fasi di redazione, esaminazine e registrazione delle domande di brevetto. In aggiunta, Marco rappresenta abitualmente i suoi clienti in udienze presso l’Ufficio Europeo Brevetti, per esempio durante opposizioni ed appelli.

Più specificamente, Marco opera nelle seguenti aree ingegneristiche:

  • Trasporti: motoveicoli, automobili, ferroviario, navale ed aerospaziale

  • Energia: petrolio & gas naturale; rinnovabili, come eolico, solare, idrotermico e geotermico

  • Medicale: installazioni, sensori, strumenti medicali, salute digitale ed indossabile, ed altre applicazioni biometriche

  • Industriale: produzione, confezionamento, logistica, stampa a getto d’inchiostro, robotica, industria 4.0 e manifattura per tecniche additive.

Presso Kilburn & Strode, Marco lavora a stretto contatto con Jim Miller e Robin Lloyd. Marco è ben inserito nel contesto dei clienti di alto profilo già esistenti nel gruppo, ed inoltre lavorerà sempre di più con nuovi clienti ad alto potenziale innovativo - quali startups, organizzazioni istituzionali, piccole-medie imprese ed aziende multinazionali - al di là dei confini del Regno Unito, in Europa, e soprattutto nella sua nativa Italia. Marco serve già un considerevole numero di client Italiani, ed è la persona di riferimento dell’ “Italian Desk” di Kilburn & Strode. 

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'Notable Practitioner' for Patents - Managing IP, IP Stars, 2024

"Marco Morbidini brings expertise in mechanical engineering and earns warm plaudits from the market for expertly handling a variety of patent matters, including prosecution, validity opinions and portfolio management. He does a fantastic job meeting the evolving needs of his clientele and providing a consistently high-quality service.” - IAM Patent 1000, 2024

"Marco Morbidini went the extra not one, but ten miles for us, effectively providing perfect in-house style services. From budgeting to summaries, participation in investor meetings to institutional/sponsor relations, Marco has offered and continues to offer just what’s right for us." - Legal 500, 2022

Visiting Lecturer, Bournemouth University, 2018-present

Marco was recognised as a 'Rising Star' in Managing IP Stars 2019

Talented Young Italian Awards of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in London (ICCIUK), Winner, 2015

The Bob Chivers Prize of the Institute of Physics (IoP), 2008

The John Grimwade Medal of the British Institute of Nondestructive Testing (BINDT), 2007

Qualifications

European Patent Attorney 
Chartered UK Patent Attorney
European Design Attorney
IP Litigator - Patents
Certificate in Intellectual Property Law – Queen Mary University London
PhD in Engineering – Imperial College London
Dott. Ing. in Mechanical Engineering (Degree, Magna Cum Laude, University of Perugia, Italy; and admitted to the Register of Professional Engineers in Italy)

Memberships

​Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) - Fellow
The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (EPI)
The Italian Chamber for Commerce and Industry with the UK (ICCIUK)

IP publications

M. Morbidini, Robots on the rise, Kilburn & Strode, (2019) 

M. Morbidini, Disclose it by Design, not by Accident​, Kilburn & Strode, (2020) 

M. Morbidini, World Food Forum Startup Innovation Awards, Kilburn & Strode (2023)

Scientific publications

Marco published more than 30 academic articles between conference proceedings and peer-reviewed scientific articles.  His most important articles were published in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America, In the Journal of Applied Physics and in Materials Evaluation
 

Morbidini, M. and Cawley, P. 'A calibration procedure for sonic infrared nondestructive evaluation', Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 106, article 023504, 2009.

Morbidini, M. and Cawley, P. 'The detectability of cracks using Sonic IR', Journal of Applied Physics, Vol 105, article 093530, 2009.

Morbidini, M., Kang, B. and Cawley, P. 'Improved reliability of sonic infrared testing', Materials Evaluation, Vol 67, pp1193-1202, 2009.

Duffour, P., Morbidini, M., and Cawley, P., ‘A study of the vibro-acoustic modulation technique for the detection of cracks in metals’, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol 119, pp1463-1475, 2006.