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PALAZZO PIETRO STIGES, 103 STRAIT STREET, VALLETTA VLT 1436, MALTA
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Dr Antoine Camilleri

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Mamo TCV Advocates

Work Department

Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting, General Commercial.

Position

Antoine Camilleri is a Partner in the firm Mamo TCV. His main areas of practice include advising foreign and local clients mainly in intellectual property matters including the registration of trade marks, patents and designs with national authorities, drafting of agreements, licensing, litigation, information technology law, computer licensing arrangements and encryption issues, and providing advice on general commercial matters in particular in the field of consumer legislation. He is directly responsible for the intellectual property and the anti-counterfeiting departments in the firm and oversees all aspects of consumer law for the clients of the firm. Antoine is also responsible for co-ordinating the anti-piracy campaign in Malta of two of the world’s largest software companies and collaborating with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) including advice rendered in respect of various aspects of information technology matters. He also assists various foreign clients in the fast food, retail and service business on their agency, distribution, licensing or franchise agreements with local investors and advising on the intellectual property and competition law aspects of such transactions. Antoine handles all consumer law related matters for the said clients of the firm, in particular matters concerning unlawful competition between traders, comparative advertising, and unfair commercial practices. He has represented a number of large clients of the firm on consumer law matters with the Maltese Authorities including the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (MCCAA).

Career

Since 2003 Antoine Camilleri has been a part-time lecturer at the University of Malta in the Masters of Law Degree - Magister Juris in European & Comparative Law, and an examiner in the Faculty of Laws of the same University. He is a co-author of the Chapter on Malta on competition law in (1) ‘Rowley & Baker International Mergers – The Antitrust Process’, J. William Rowley and Donald I. Baker (General Editors), London Sweet & Maxwell (2003); (2) a co-author in a section on Maltese competition law in ‘International Standard Forms and Documents’ (Chapter on Notification of Distribution Agreements), Kluwer (2006); and (3) Co-Author of the Malta Chapter in “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Through Border Measures”, Olivier Vrins and Marius Schneider (General Editors), Oxford University Press (2011).

Languages

Maltese, English, Italian, working knowledge of French.

Member

He is a professional member of the Chamber of Advocates (Malta), the European Community Trade Marks Association (ECTA) and is a European Patent Attorney, registered with the European Patent Office (EPO).

Education

Antoine Camilleri obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Legal & Humanistic Studies (1998), a Diploma of Notary Public (1999), a Doctor of Laws Degree (LL.D.) (2001) and a Masters of Law Degree - Magister Juris in European & Comparative Law (2002) from the University of Malta.

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