Leonardo Firmati
After a graduation
in mechanical engineering at the University of Bologna, he began working on
patents in 1999, and for twenty years was an employee and partner of a leading
industrial property consulting firm.
In 2019, he
and other partners founded Ixnea s.r.l., of which he is also a director.
He is
registered in the Register of Italian and European Patent Attorneys and Italian
and Community Design Attorneys.
He is
registered in the Roll of CTUs of the Court of Bologna for whose Specialized
Section in Business Matters he has been working since 2005 as a consultant to
the Judge in disputes involving patents, design and know-how.
Trained
professionally with companies in the packaging-valley of Emilia, over the years
he has dealt with technical issues concerning automatic and packaging machines,
machine tools, biomedical devices, hinges for household appliances and
mechanics in general, and then refined his knowledge in the world of textiles
once he returned to Tuscany.
Passionate
about architecture and furniture, he has always been involved in design
protection, following important clients in the industry for many years.