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Nicoletta Serao

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Work Department

Intellectual Property, Gaming & eSports

Position

Senior Associate of the Intellectual Property Department

Career

Nicoletta’s activity focuses on the entertainment sector (both interactive/digital and traditional) and media, in relation to which she provides assistance in the field of intellectual property law, information technology law, personal data protection, consumer law, audiovisual regulation, esports regulation, video games and gambling regulation.

She helps national and international clients in complying with the applicable regulatory framework, with a particular focus on consumer law issues, e-commerce regulation, advertising law, audiovisual content regulation, regulation applicable to monetization mechanics, content clearance, and data protection.

Furthermore, Nicoletta assists the firm’s clients in drafting B2C contracts (related to OTT platforms, e-commerce, esports tournaments, or specific promotional activations/contests) and in drafting and negotiating B2B contracts, with a specific focus on the entertainment sectors of video games and esports.

Nicoletta joined LCA in 2023.

Prior to that, she worked for 5 years with Attorney Andrea Rizzi, focusing on providing assistance to clients in the interactive entertainment, gaming, and esports industries. She first worked in the Digital Business department at Osborne Clarke Italia, then at Insight Studio Legale, and finally at the boutique law firm Andrea Rizzi & Partners.

She also collaborated with the IP & Regulatory department at Sky Italia.

Co-editor with Simona Ceretta, Domenico Filosa; Lucio Mazzei and Luca Viola of the book ‘Esport: profili normativi e contrattuali’ (Esports: regulatory and contractual profiles), Giuffrè (2022)

Co-author with Gaetano Dimita and Andrea Rizzi, of the article ‘Image rights, creativity and videogames’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2020, Pages 185–192.

Co-author with Andrea Rizzi and Liam Nowak of the article ‘Esports in Italy: an industry ready to take off (or still in search of its regulatory soul)?’, Interactive Entertainment Law Review, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 42-49

Testimonial of Women in Games Italia (2019)

Member of Women in Games (2019)

Co-founder of the journal Esport Law Review (2020)

Teaching Assistant in Media Law; Video Game Law – IUS/09 (Link University of Rome, Italy, 2019-2020)

Adjunct Professor of Fashion Law (Milan Fashion Institute, since 2020)

Languages

Italian, English