The Giurì dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, Italy’s advertising standards authority, decides on the topic of advertising through the social network

Sep 17, 2018 | News

The Giurì dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, with Decision n. 45/2018 dated 26 June 2018 (the reasoning of which has been recently become known), has for the first time affirmed that an endorsement of a well known trademark (in this case Peugeot) by an...

Patents: fair compensation for non-remunerated inventions ex art. 64 C.P.I.; The Milan Court of Appeal confirms employer’s duty also in the case it has not patented the employee’s invention, but it has transferred it to a third party.

Jul 6, 2018 | News, Patents

The decision n. 3165/2018 has been published on 27 June 2018 in a proceedings in which an inventor employee has been assisted by Studio Legale Sena e Tarchini against the employer company belonging to a multinational group. It has confirmed that the employer company...

Legislative Decree 11 May 2018 n. 63

Jun 14, 2018 | News

On 22 June 2018 the Legislative Decree 11 May 2018 n. 63 shall enter into force   implementing the EU Directive no. 2016/943 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure and...

News on the protection of know-how

May 29, 2018 | News

In May there were two important innovations in terms of protection of know-how: one legislative and the other jurisprudential. Infact, on 8 May 2018, the Council of Ministers has definitively approved the Legislative Decree which implements the EU Directive n....

Creation protected by copyright and subordinated work

May 29, 2018 | News

With decision n. 11163 dated 9 May 2018 the Supreme Court has confirmed two important principles as a corollary to the rule provided in articles 12bis, 12ter and 88 of the copyright law for some categories of works protected by copyright (computer programs and data...

The payment of an astreinte may be ordered under art. 186 ter c.p.c.

Apr 23, 2018 | News

In a recent decision issued by the Tribunal of Milan, an order was obtained pursuant to art. 186.ter of the civil procedure code (Trib. Milan, 5 December 2017, n. 2279, ord.) for payment of an astreinte ordered according to art. 131.2 of the IP Code forfailure to...