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Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2007 2(6):422; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpm091
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© The Author (2007). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved

In Person

Mario Franzosi

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When did you notice the first stirrings of becoming an IP man?
Straight after graduation, Italian chemical company Edison asked me to consider the validity of some of Natta's polypropylene patents, for which he won the Nobel prize, owned by Edison's Italian competitor Montecatini. After some months I concluded they were invalid for obviousness (the legal concept of obviousness having nothing to do with reality). Later, Edison and Montecatini merged and I had to say that the patents were valid.

The same patents were declared invalid in the US after epic litigation that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Who were your formative influences?
What IP reform would you most like to see?
What is the IP owner's worst enemy?
Who do you most admire in the IP field?
What are your favourite pleasures in life?
If you had three wishes, what would they be?

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