The Court of Cassation (ruling no. 24062 of 12.10.2017) held that even a simple advertising spot can amount to a work protected by copyright and… Go to full article…
Month: February 2018
Coloured trademarks: clarifications by the General Court of the European Union in the light of the precision and consistency criteria of art. 4 of Regulation no. 207/2009
Through a ruling of 30 november 2017 in Joined cases T-101/15 e T-102/15 the General Court of the European Union clarified the methods for the… Go to full article…
Assessment of post-sale confusion about renowned trade marks
In providing a judgement on the counterfeiting character of a trademark, account must be taken not only of the “direct” confusability arising when purchasing the… Go to full article…
Work: the Guarantor puts a halt to Poste’s queue management system
Work: the Guarantor puts a halt to Poste’s queue management system The system adopted by post offices to manage the queue at counters can no… Go to full article…
Cloud computing of works protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice rules on the limits of private copying exception
Cloud-based videorecording of works protected by copyright must be authorised by the owners of the right to the works. This was established by the European… Go to full article…
The concept of “prototype” and ensuing rights
Copyright law regulates the relationships between the copy of a work and its reproductions through an article, namely art. 109 of Italian Copyright Law (in… Go to full article…
The protection of know-how in Italy
In Italy, trade secret is regulated by art. 98 of the Industrial Property Code (Codice della Proprietà Industriale or CPI in brief). In particular, this… Go to full article…
Essential patents: the Communication of the European Commission on SEPs
Patents protecting a specific aspect of a technical standard and being essential for the application of a technical rule issued by a Standardization body are… Go to full article…