Articles
Can I use a photograph found on the Web?
People perceive photographs on the Web as if they are publicly available, without an owner and therefore disposable at will. That’s wrong. The following article [...]
15 February 2022
How can an entrepreneur deal with counterfeit products?
Counterfeiting a product means illegally imitating it (e.g. by infringing trademark or patent law, etc.). In this article we will focus on: What to do [...]
9 February 2022
What should a jewellery designer know about Design Law today?
Working as a lawyer and providing assistance in the jewellery design sector, I must answer a series of recurring questions on a daily basis. In [...]
29 January 2022
In the absence of a will, how much is due to each heir? (Calculating the inheritance share)
If someone passes away without leaving a will, Italian law governs who the heirs are and how the share of the inheritance is to be [...]
5 January 2022
How to freeze all your debtor’s bank accounts at once (“carpet” foreclosure)
It is possible to recover a debt with a “carpet” foreclosure by freezing all the debtor’s bank accounts. In this article, we will see how [...]
30 December 2021
Online portfolios and legal limits
As providers of legal assistance in copyright cases (for artists, architects, photographers, designers, etc.), the following question is often raised by our clients: “Can I [...]
25 December 2021
The new obligation to “report to authors” under Legislative Decree 177/2021 (Italian implementation of the EU Copyright Directive)
As of Dec. 12, 2021, anyone who exploits an author’s work will be required to report to him, at least every six months, a set [...]
9 December 2021
What is know-how and how can we protect it?
In intellectual property (patents, trademarks, designs, etc.), know-how is one of the intangible assets most attacked by competitors. It is precisely because of its undeniable [...]
26 October 2021
The right to be forgotten: How to get content about yourself deleted from the Web
In this article, we address the right to be forgotten i.e. the right to obtain the removal of content that concerns us from the Web. [...]
16 September 2021
The exemption from paying trademark registration fees for NPOs (ONLUS)
Non-profit organisations are exempt by law from paying trademark registration fees. In this article we will discuss the importance of registering a trademark (also for [...]
17 June 2021
BANKSY: has he really lost one of “his” trademarks?
28 September 2020
Know-how and corporate information: the case of the disloyal employee.
Know-how (know-how) is the key to every entrepreneur’s survival in the marketplace, especially in times of crisis. Every company builds over time a wealth of [...]
10 September 2020
PDO and PGI, the intellectual property of the territory!
2 September 2020
Collage of images and copyright, here’s how it works
This article is intended to simplify the legal issue concerning collage. I will explain the most correct method, as I see it, to deal with [...]
24 August 2020
How much is your patent worth?
A patent for invention is the intellectual property title that all innovative companies aspire to, regardless of their business sector. Patenting grants an exclusive exploitation [...]
Can I use a photograph found on the Web?
People perceive photographs on the Web as if they are publicly available, without an owner and therefore disposable at will. That’s wrong. The following article [...]
15 February 2022
How can an entrepreneur deal with counterfeit products?
Counterfeiting a product means illegally imitating it (e.g. by infringing trademark or patent law, etc.). In this article we will focus on: What to do [...]
9 February 2022
What should a jewellery designer know about Design Law today?
Working as a lawyer and providing assistance in the jewellery design sector, I must answer a series of recurring questions on a daily basis. In [...]
29 January 2022
In the absence of a will, how much is due to each heir? (Calculating the inheritance share)
If someone passes away without leaving a will, Italian law governs who the heirs are and how the share of the inheritance is to be [...]
5 January 2022
How to freeze all your debtor’s bank accounts at once (“carpet” foreclosure)
It is possible to recover a debt with a “carpet” foreclosure by freezing all the debtor’s bank accounts. In this article, we will see how [...]
30 December 2021
Online portfolios and legal limits
As providers of legal assistance in copyright cases (for artists, architects, photographers, designers, etc.), the following question is often raised by our clients: “Can I [...]
25 December 2021
The new obligation to “report to authors” under Legislative Decree 177/2021 (Italian implementation of the EU Copyright Directive)
As of Dec. 12, 2021, anyone who exploits an author’s work will be required to report to him, at least every six months, a set [...]
9 December 2021
What is know-how and how can we protect it?
In intellectual property (patents, trademarks, designs, etc.), know-how is one of the intangible assets most attacked by competitors. It is precisely because of its undeniable [...]
26 October 2021
The right to be forgotten: How to get content about yourself deleted from the Web
In this article, we address the right to be forgotten i.e. the right to obtain the removal of content that concerns us from the Web. [...]
16 September 2021
The exemption from paying trademark registration fees for NPOs (ONLUS)
Non-profit organisations are exempt by law from paying trademark registration fees. In this article we will discuss the importance of registering a trademark (also for [...]
17 June 2021
BANKSY: has he really lost one of “his” trademarks?
28 September 2020
Know-how and corporate information: the case of the disloyal employee.
Know-how (know-how) is the key to every entrepreneur’s survival in the marketplace, especially in times of crisis. Every company builds over time a wealth of [...]
10 September 2020
PDO and PGI, the intellectual property of the territory!
2 September 2020
Collage of images and copyright, here’s how it works
This article is intended to simplify the legal issue concerning collage. I will explain the most correct method, as I see it, to deal with [...]
24 August 2020
How much is your patent worth?
A patent for invention is the intellectual property title that all innovative companies aspire to, regardless of their business sector. Patenting grants an exclusive exploitation [...]