Giuseppe Mazziotti

Giuseppe Mazziotti is Senior Legal Counsel at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Brussels and Fellow at the Berkman Center. He has published extensively in the fields of intellectual property law, competition law and information technology law. Giuseppe was Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2004/2005) and at Columbia Law School, New York (2010/2011).

From 2009 to 2011 he was Assistant Professor of intellectual property law at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). At the University of Copenhagen, Giuseppe worked on research projects funded by the European Commission (the MEDIADEM project on media policy-making processes in EU member states, and the LAPSI project on legal aspects of public sector information). He was also a member of the working group on Creative Commons (Italy) and worked as consultant for the SeLiLi (Servizio Licenze Libere) project, led by Nexa (Centre for Internet and Society) at Politecnico di Torino. He advised the European Commission (DG for Informatics), the European Parliament (DG for Internal Policies) and the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities on various projects concerning intellectual property law and information technology.

Giuseppe is an attorney admitted to the Italian Bar (2004) and practiced law as an associate and a counsel with Nunziante Magrone in Rome. He holds a Law Degree cum laude from the University of Perugia, Italy (2001), as well as a Master of Research (2003) and a Ph.D. (2007) from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. He is also an accomplished musician and holds a Master's degree in Clarinet Performance (1997) and Chamber Music (2003) from the Music Academy of Perugia (Conservatorio di musica di Perugia). Giuseppe worked for ten years (1994-2004) as principal clarinetist for the Perugia Symphony Orchestra and as critic for the Italian radio broadcaster RAI Radio 3.