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In this article we will discuss how to protect one’s trademark in Italy and the European Union. A trademark can be registered by an individual or a legal person who intends to use it (or is already using it) for...
The prototyping phase of an innovative idea, with a view to successful development, has technical and legal implications. In this article: There is a clear relationship between prototyping and patenting. To effectively manage the prototyping phase, practitioners adopt development and/or...
The present decision of the Court of Bologna (Judgment No. 96/2020 published on 15/01/2020) addresses the issue of source code ownership and its legitimate attribution in case of software development entrusted to an external professional or software house. In this...
The benefits of registering a trademark or design are many, the Ideas Powered for Business Fund was established to financially help small and medium-sized enterprises in the EU use these intellectual property tools. In this article: The SME Fund is...
After fifteen years of litigation and several levels of court, on Dec. 30, 2022, the Italian Supreme Court, in its Order No. 38165, set a number of major principles regarding freedom of parody and, most importantly, exceptions to certain intellectual...
The Italian Supreme Court in Order No. 24977 of 2022 addressed the case of “imposed vacations” by the employer and the terms and conditions for the validity of such an employer’s decision. In this article: This case involves an employer...
Software evaluation is a multidisciplinary activity that must be carried out from three interdependent perspectives: technical, legal and economic. In this article: Specialists are all too often prone to work in isolation, focusing on their own area of expertise without...
In ruling No. 36188/2022, the Italian Supreme Court confirmed that an employer cannot impose dismissal on an employee who is absent due to illness during the grace period, on the grounds of the so-called “poor performance” of the employee. In...
A worker who has been fired and wants to assert his or her case should know that he or she can defend himself or herself, but must pay attention to the terms of appeal. These deadlines are short and strict....
A hybrid provider is a portal that offers both its own products and those of other sellers through a dedicated platform: what happens if counterfeit goods are offered for sale? The Court of Justice, in the recent case of Louboutin...