Marina Timoteo is Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Bologna. Visiting professor at Renmin University, Chuo University-Tokyo, CUPL-Beijing,,she has served as expert in EU-China Intellectual property Cooperation Programs and is scientific advisor ReMEDI Lab (Rethinking Mental Health tthrough Clinical and Data Intelligence at USI (Lugano). She coordinates the Jean Monnet Module 2023-2026 "ReLaTe - Law and Business in China in the Framework of EU and China Investments and Trade Relations: the Challeges of the Dgital-Tech Age"