FOOD RESEARCH & INNOVATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The National Research Programme (NRP) 2021-2027 includes among its objectives the creation of a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system. It points towards innovative technologies that improve food quality, preservation and environmental sustainability....

SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION AND LUXURY PRODUCTS

Selective distribution is the system by which an undertaking defines and selects the distribution network for its products, particularly luxury goods, in order to preserve the image and prestige of the brand. European case law considers this method of sale lawful when...

Protecting trade secrets in Industry 4.0

How to protect trade secrets and know-how? Under what conditions? Is it lawful to use a competitor’s confidential data acquired through “reverse engineering”? Francesca La Rocca Sena of our firm has explored these issues in the article “The...

The Chinese Year

As we open this Chinese New Year, we are pleased to inform you that in 2020, our firm assisted several clients in protecting their intellectual property rights in China. More specifically, we have been involved in protecting the form of the product in China through...

Present and Future of Intellectual Property

The book “Present and Future of Intellectual Property” has been published and is also available through Amazon. It is a collection of the presentations of the topics discussed during an interesting series of seminars among professionals on the new...

Digital Services Act and Digital Market Act

On 15 December 2020, the European Commission presented the oft-announced package of rules designed to standardize and complete the regulation of the European digital market. It consists of two proposals for Regulations, called respectively the Digital Services Act...