Employment law

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, [...]

In the context of contractual disputes, this article comments on the judgment of the Florence Court of Appeal, Fourth Civil Division, issued on December 23, [...]

A former partner who becomes a competitor, taking clients, know how and turnover with them. Can this be regarded as conduct contrary to fair competition? [...]

In innovative companies, a significant part of value is invisible: it is not machinery, not a factory building, not a patent. It consists of ideas [...]

The article examines a decision upheld by the Italian Supreme Court in the field of unfair competition and unlawful use of industrial secrets, focusing on [...]