LAURA COLUCCI

Professional
Lawyer specialized in Intellectual Property, a legal area that she has been operating since 1999. She was has been the Intellectual Property and Image Rights Manager of the Abril Group for 10 years, responsible for managing rights and contracting businesses involving the creation and exploitation of copyright works, use of image, entertainment law, sporting events, contests and promotions, brands and domains, digital businesses, collection management and trademark registration and other distinctive signs, guidance and policies on civil liability on the internet, legal adequacy of new business models involving content, media and entertainment, and piracy control.

Academic and institutional participation
Currently, she works as a lawyer and legal consultant in strategic businesses involving the development, financing, production, distribution and licensing of content, brand and image law, for creators and the creative industry such as publishers, cultural managers, audiovisual producers, television channels, advertising agencies and other producers, exhibitors and content aggregators.

She is Secretary-General of the Media and Entertainment Commission of the São Paulo Lawyers Institute; and Member of the Entertainment Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Section. She has several articles in the area, among them “Conflict of interests in the creation and exploitation of the collective work”, 2015, and “Copyright management of musical works in the digital age”, 2003.

Formação

• Intellectual Property Specialist, GVLaw – Fundação Getúlio Vargas/SP, 2006

• Bachelor of Laws, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 1998

• Languages: Portuguese and English