Patents and innovation in Fashion

Sep 18, 2023 | News

Fashion is one of the sectors that most embody Italian-made goods internationally, but also one of the areas where the phenomenon of counterfeiting is most evident. For this reason, as Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli comments in Italia Oggi, the news of the choice of...

Amendments to the Industrial Property Code

Aug 24, 2023 | News

On August 23, 2023, the amendments to the Industrial Property Code arranged by Law No. 102 of July 24, 2023, published in the Official Gazette on August 8, 2023, came into force. From a substantive point of view, there are three topics of particular interest: The rule...

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

Aug 20, 2023 | News

Works of art created by artificial intelligence cannot be covered by copyright according to a recent ruling in the US that denied computer scientist Stephen Thaler the registration of the work in the name of the AI algorithm that created it. It once again reopens the...

Big attention to the issue of registrability of slogan as trademark

Jul 28, 2023 | News

28.07.2023 Continuing to attract attention is the in-depth report, edited by Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli and Francesca La Rocca, on the recent Cassazione ruling on the registrability of slogans. Also picking it up is ADVexpress. To read the article:...

Can be condemned for infringement the parody of a famous trademark?

Jul 21, 2023 | Events, News

In the latest episode of INDICAMonAir Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli tackles a “hot” topic: when the parody use of a famous brand can be allowed and when it is instead to be condemned for infringement. Cue for reflection the recent U.S. Supreme Court...

House of Representatives approves amendments to the Industrial Property Code

Jul 20, 2023 | Copyright, Designs and models, Distinctive Signs, News, Patents

During its session on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the House of Representatives approved the amendments to the Code of Industrial Property already promoted by the Senate, in anticipation of the technical deadlines for implementation. In addition to the various measures on...