Silvia Scalzini

Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Silvia Scalzini
Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33, I-56127 Pisa (Italy)
+393404906219
[email protected]
Skype silvia_scal
Date of birth 02/02/1988
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Jan 2012–Present
PhD student in Individual Person and Legal Protection
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Winner of a three-years full scholarship, awarded through a international selection.
Curriculum: European Law and New Technologies
Title of the research project: Private Autonomy in Intellectual Property Systems
Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Comandé
1 Nov 2014–31 May 2015
Scholarship Holder and Guest Researcher
München (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Scholarship grant awarded by the Max Planck Society for work at the Institute as a doctoral
candidate and guest researcher.
Title of the Research Project: Private Autonomy in Intellectual Property Systems: a European
Perspective.
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Nérisson
Feb 2014–May 2014
Visiting student
Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Oct 2007–Jun 2013
Graduate diploma in Law
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Winner of a full-scholarship for the 5-years program in Law, awarded through a national selection
with a winner/partecipants ratio of 1/20
Title of the dissertation: Internet e la tutela dei contenuti editoriali: soluzioni a confronto (Internet and
the protection of published news content: an overview on possible solutions)
Final Mark: 100/100 summa cum laude
Sep 2006–Oct 2011
Single Cycle (Master's) Law Degree (Laurea Magistrale in
Giurisprudenza)
University of Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
Title of the Master Thesis: I contratti di trasferimento tecnologico tra autonomia contrattuale ed
eteronomia: spunti di comparazione (Technology Transfer Agreements between Private Authonomy
and Public Policy: a Comparative Perspective)
Final Mark: 110/110 summa cum laude
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Curriculum vitae
May 2011–Jun 2011
Silvia Scalzini
Summer School in Comparative Regulation of Services and
Products in Health Care and Comparative Health Care Liability:
Compensation for Medical Accidents
Hofstra Law School, New York (USA) and Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Aug 2010
Wipo Summer School on Intellectual Property
World Intellectual Property Organization and The United States Patent and Trademark Office,
Washington DC (USA)
Oct 2009–Nov 2009
Visiting Student
École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)
Visiting Student whitin an international Exchange Program between Superior Graduate Schools
(Grandes écoles).
Research Project: The historical and philosophical origins of Intellectual Property Law
Supervisor: Prof. Jean-Louis Halpérin
Aug 2008
Summer Scholarship grant for an english course at the University of
Malta
Maltese Ministry for Education and Employment - Italian Foreign Ministry
Winner of a merit-based summer scholarships (inclusive of accommodation, meals and english
course attendance)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sep 2015–Present
Partner at Smartlex s.r.l.
Smartlex s.r.l. Società di servizi giuridici interdisciplinari innovativi e per l'innovazione
Spin off company of Scuola Superiore degli Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna, Pisa
Sep 2015–Present
Research Fellow in Private Comparative Law
Pisa
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
9 Sep 2014–Present
Attorney at Law
Licence to practice law in Italy, after having successfully completed the national Bar Exam on the first
attempt (enrollment in the Bar Association expected).
In order to be eligible to take the Bar Exam, I completed 18 months of legal traineeship in civil law,
administrative law and criminal law.
Sep 2012–Mar 2013
Stagiaire at Italian Competition Authority
Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), Roma (Italy)
Directorate Telecommunication - DG Competition
Areas of expertise: electronics and computer science; electronic communications and
telecommunications equipment; radio, television rights, publishing and printing, advertising services;
discography and cinema.
Supervisors: Dr. Laura Grenga - Dr. Massimo Ferrero
PERSONAL SKILLS
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Curriculum vitae
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
English
Silvia Scalzini
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
C2
C2
C2
C2
C2
Cerificate of Legal English (Inglese Specialistico per Giurisprudenza) at Centro Linguistico InterdipartimentaleUniversity of Pisa
French
C2
C2
C2
C2
C1
French Exam - Level 3 (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Spanish
A2
German
A1
B1
A2
A2
A2
Spanish Exam Level 2-Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
A1
A1
A1
A1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Digital competence
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Information
processing
Communication
Content
creation
Safety
Problem
solving
Proficient user
Proficient user
Independent user
Independent user
Independent user
Digital competences - Self-assessment grid
"European Computer Driving Licence" (ECDL) for Windows, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook and Internet.
Good knowledge of the use of the main academic legal research databases (LexisNexis, SSRN,
Westlaw International, Oxford Journals, Pluris, Dalloz.Fr, Foro Italiano...)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Other Activities and Titles
▪ External expert of the Research Ethics and Bioethics Advisory Commission of the National
Research Council of Italy (CNR) - working groups: Research Integrity and Bio Patents.
▪ Editorial staff member of the Open Access legal journal Opinio Juris in Comparatione. Studies
in Comparative and National Lawhttp://www.opiniojurisincomparatione.org/
▪ Elected member of the Faculty Evaluation Committee of Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
(2012-2015)
Scientific Publications
Articles (in Italian and English)
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Is there free riding? A comparative analysis of the problem of protecting publishing
materials online in Europe, in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 2015, Vol. 10, N. 6,
454-464
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Internet and the protection of published news contents: an overview on possible
solutions, in Mercato Concorrenza Regole, 2014, 1, 149-190
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Some Ideas from "Intellectual Property between traditional dogmas and modern
challenges", Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Seminar Series, March-April, 2013, in Opinio Juris in
Comparatione. Studies in Comparative and National Law, 2013,
1,http://www.opiniojurisincomparatione.org
▪ Silvia Scalzini, I servizi di online social network tra privacy, regole di utilizzo e violazione dei diritti
dei terzi, in Giurisprudenza di Merito, 2012, 12, 2570- 2589
Case Notes
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Silvia Scalzini
▪ Silvia Scalzini, L'operatività del termine di prescrizione nell'ambito del diritto all'equa riparazione per
irragionevole durata del processo ( Cass., SSUU, 2.10.2012, 16783), in Danno e Responsabilità,
2013, 7, 723-731
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Danno da cose in custodia e manutenzione stradale fra colpa e responsabilità
oggettiva: un indifferibile chiarimento (Cass., sez. III, 18/10/2011), in Danno e Responsabilità, 2012,
6, 615-620
▪ Silvia Scalzini, "Post hoc ergo propter hoc" : a proposito di accertamento del nesso causale e colpa
medica (Trib. Genova, 5/)/2011), in Rivista Italiana di medicina Legale, 2012, 3, 1316-1323
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Taglio cesareo ritardato e grave patologia al bambino: i danni risarcibili (Trib. Bari,
sez.II, 26/7/2011, n. 2605), in Danno e Responsabilità, 2012, 3.
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Quinta gravidanza a seguito di un inadeguato intervento di sterilizzazione: quali
sono i danni risarcibili? What are the recoverable damages in the case of a fifth pregnancy
following an unsuccessfull sterilization? (Trib. di Tolmezzo, 2/9/2011, n. 177) in Rivista Italiana di
Medicina Legale, 2012, 6, 1710-1718.
▪ Silvia Scalzini, I punti fermi della Cassazione sul risarcimento del danno tanatologico (Cass., sez.
III, 14/12/2010, n. 25264), in Danno e Responsabilità, 2011, 11, 1042-1043.
Book reviews:
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Book Review: "L. Arnaudo, La ragione sociale. Saggio di Economia e Diritti
Cognitivi", Luiss University Press, Roma, 2012, in Rivista Italiana di Medicina Legale, 1, 2014.
Other collaborations (in Italian and English):
▪ Silvia Scalzini,Off-label use of pharmaceuticals: news from Italy, in The
IPKatblog,11/4/2014,http://ipkitten.blogspot.it/2014/04/off-label-uses...
▪ Silvia Scalzini, Anche il contumace ha diritto all'equa riparazione per irragionevole durata del
processo (Cass., SSUU, 14/1/2014, n. 585), in Il Quotidiano Giuridico Wolters Kluwer, 22/1/2014.
Participation in Conferences and
workshop
▪ Internet Festival 2014,Pisa: open lecture with Prof. Maria Gagliardi on the topic "Privacy in rete:
rischi e tutele giuridiche" (Privacy Online: Risks and Legal Protections), 10/10/2014;
▪ Queen Mary School of Law Postgraduate Research Conference, 2014 "From Imitation to
Innovation: Enriching Legal Scholarship", London: presentation of the draft paper "Parasitism
or Innovation? The problem of protecting publishing materials online", 5/6/2014;
▪ "Getting around the cloud(s)- "Technical and Legal Issues on Cloud Services", Pisa, 30
november 2013, conference organized by Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies and
Trans Europe Experts: presentation of the working paper "IP Licensing and Competition Law in
the Clouds: an European Perspective", 30/11/2013;
▪ Internet Festival 2012, Pisa: participation in the panel "Prospettive ed opportunità della società
digitale", where I gave a speech on "Terms of use, privacy and social networks", 5/10/2012
▪ Seminar on "N. Bobbio. L'analogia nella logica del diritto" within the Seminar Series "Ciclo di
Letture sui classici del pensiero giuridico", Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 27/6/2012
Memberships
▪ Associazione Allievi della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
▪ Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Alumni Association
Honours and Awards
▪ Scholarship at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich,Germany (November
2014-June 2015)
▪ 3 years PhD full Scholarship at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (January2 012-Juanuary
2015)
▪ 5 years Single Cycle (Master's) Law Degree Scholarship at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
▪ Graduated with Honor at University of Pisa (110/110 summa cum laude);
▪ Graduated with Honor at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (100/100 summa cum laude)
▪ Summer Scholarship - Maltese Ministry for Education and Employment (2008)
Other
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B2 National Volleyball League (FIPAV 2005-2006)
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