Employment law

“Don’t worry, we’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement.” It’s a phrase we often hear when something important is about to be shared with a supplier, an [...]

Some business disputes arise from a technology, others from a product. And then there are those that arise from a name. A surname, to be [...]

Employee inventions are by no means rare occurrences: they frequently consist of technical improvements arising from day-to-day operations which, if properly managed, may become a [...]

When a company chooses to expand its market presence, one of the most common strategies is to rely on a commercial agent, a key figure [...]

In an open-ended employment contract, termination is, by definition, a discretionary right. Both the employer and the employee may withdraw from the employment relationship at [...]

The judgment of the Council of State of 11 April 2025 (No. 3118/2025) marks the first significant judicial application of article 10 of Decree-Law No. [...]

The decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 28 October 2024 (R 740/2024-2) addresses an increasingly relevant issue for businesses: can the [...]

This contribution examines the evolution of protection for sound and olfactory trademarks within the European and Italian legal systems, with particular attention to the abolition [...]

This article examines the rights of the family members of a person who has died in a road traffic accident and the steps required to [...]

Trademarks and slogans often operate on the same communicative level, but they follow different legal logics. A slogan may be effective from an advertising perspective [...]

There is a particular category of assets which, in the law of information, does not cease to exist even when it apparently disappears from newsstands. [...]

In recent months, a ruling by the Rome Court (no. 9135 of November 19, 2025) has attracted particular attention, which, according to some news outlets, [...]