Apr 11, 2019 | Copyright, Events, News
The AIPPI Italian Group and the Milan University have organized for Monday 15 April 2019 in the Aula Crociera Alta di Studi Umanistici (Via Festa del Perdono 7 – Milan) a meeting following the approval of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single...
Dec 21, 2018 | Copyright, Distinctive Signs, News
On November 13, 2018, the European Court of Justice issued its judgement in a case involving a spreadable cream cheese, ruling that it is not eligible for protection under copyright. The Court said the taste of a food product cannot be classified as a...
Sep 17, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 12 September 2018 the European Parliament approved, with important tweaks, the proposal for a directive on Copyright law of the Committee on Legal Affairs of June 2018 The more debated amendments regard Articles 11 and 13. Art. 11 on the ‘protection of press...
Apr 23, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 26 March the Milan Court of Appeal published the decision n. 1543/18 in the Kiko-Wycon case. The Milan Court of Appeal confirmed the 2015 verdict of the First Instance Court, ruling that a combination of features that integrate furniture design (so-called...
Feb 6, 2018 | Copyright, News
On September 7, 2017 the EU Advocate General filed his conclusions in the dispute between VCAST Limited (UK undertaking) and R.T.I. s.p.a. (Case C-265/16).The question referred to the CJEU upon the stay of the proceedings by the Turin Court is about whether or not...
Feb 6, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 29 November 2017 the Court of Justice handed down its ruling in the proceedings VCAST Limited v. R.T.I. s.p.a. (Case C-265/16).On 7 September 2017the EU Advocate General stated in its opinion that ‘cloud computing’ relates to the access, through a...
