As a result of the vote taken by the Italian Parliament, Law no. 102 of July 24, 2023 revising the Italian Industrial Property Code (IPC) has been approved and will come into force on August 23, 2023. The provision is part of the “Strategic Intervention...

Vincenzo Iaia Per determinare se un marchio di forma è contraffatto, è necessario valutare se esistono altre forme non necessarie che consentono comunque l’uso del bene o del servizio da distinguere. Inoltre, la confezione della società concorrente...

Edoardo Cesarini; verifier Elizabeth House With Judgment no. 2826/2021, the Specialized Business Section of the Court of Milan found that Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novella The Little Prince entered the public domain on January 1st, 2015. Here, the...

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 Dopo quasi un decennio dalla sottoscrizione dell’Agreement on a Unified Patent Court1 il Tribunale Unificato dei Brevetti (TUB) non è più una previsione utopistica o un orizzonte lontano. Con la ratifica tedesca del 17 febbraio 2023...

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...