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An editorial format, understood as an organisational framework for content, does not satisfy the requirement of expressive form under Law No. 633/1941 and therefore falls [...]

Database law is based on a central distinction between data, structure and investment. Copyright protection does not concern the collected content, but the database’s original [...]

When two associations use similar names, the risk is confusion among the public. However, similarity alone is not enough to establish unfair competition. This article [...]

Cultural projects often begin informally, but they become critical when they grow without a legal structure, directly exposing individuals to liability and limiting development opportunities. [...]

In the academic world, it is common for a doctoral thesis to be revised and turned into a scientific publication. The transition is almost natural: [...]

In the fashion industry, reproducing graphic patterns is a widespread practice. But is such reproduction always lawful? When can copyright protection be invoked? These questions [...]

Every year, Italy comes to a standstill for a week during the Sanremo Festival, and the intense media attention also amplifies controversy. After the “shoe-gate” [...]

Databases are at the center of business processes: from data brokers that market them to companies that collect production, customer, and supplier data to feed [...]

When two works tell the same story, can this amount to plagiarism? Starting from the “Felicia Impastato” case and the judgment of the Rome Court [...]

Setting up a startup (or converting a sole proprietorship into a company) by contributing intellectual property as share capital can reduce cash needs and bring [...]

In recent years, the European Union has demonstrated increasing commitment to environmental protection, fully aware that the transition to a sustainable economy is no longer [...]

In trademark law, the rule is straightforward: registration grants an exclusive right and allows the owner to prohibit the use of identical or similar signs [...]

Under Italian copyright law, the director of photography is not included among the co-authors of a cinematographic work identified by Article 44 of Law No. [...]

With the rapid spread of generative Artificial Intelligence tools, creating logos through algorithms has become an increasingly common practice—accessible to designers and entrepreneurs alike. In [...]

Many companies are convinced they possess information that is decisive for their business: ideas, procedures, technical solutions, commercial strategies that constitute a real competitive advantage. [...]