Vincenzo Iaia With the decision no. 15903 of June 6, 2023, the Italian Supreme Court provided some guidance on what constitutes effective use of a trademark to prevent its abandonment with specific regards to the entertainment market. The sign at...

Vincenzo Iaia After a consultation with the Italian Film Commission, the Directorate-General for Cinema, and other stakeholders, the Italian Ministry of Culture issued the Decree No. 161 of April 13th, 2023, a set of guidelines for the calculation...

Lucia Minnucci The famous signature of Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci “Io, Leonardo,” from page 1054 of the Codex Atlanticus, is joining the ranks of cultural works that, although in the public domain due to the expiration of copyright, are not...

Vincenzo Iaia After little more than two weeks from the launch of the investigation against Meta for abuse of economic dependence towards the Italian copyright collecting society for authors and editors (“Società Italiana degli Autori e degli editori,...

Vincenzo Iaia Italian cultural heritage legislation is notorious for being one of the strictest regulations throughout Europe, especially as regards the commercial exploitation of cultural goods. The reason is clearly understandable if we consider...

Vincenzo Iaia With the decision No. 38165 of December 30th, 2022, the Italian Supreme Court provided some guidelines on whether and under which conditions parody can be invoked as an effective defense against allegations of copyright and trademark...

Vincenzo Iaia Italian Supreme Court, judgement of September 22nd, 2022 After more than ten years of litigation, the Italian Supreme Court settled the trademark battle between Hermès International s.c.p.a. & Co. (‘Hermès’) and Buti di Buti Amerigo...

Vincenzo Iaia With decision No. 32408 of November 3, 2022, the First Section of the Italian Supreme Court rejected Ferrari’s trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit against Brumm General Partnership (‘Brumm’) for having produced and commercialized...

Vincenzo Iaia With order No. 18 Civ. 5839 (LL) of September 29, 2022, the Southern District Court of New York (S.D.N.Y.) rejected Ed Sheeran’s motion for summary judgement dismissing Structured Asset Sales’ claim for copyright infringement over Marvin...