Feb 6, 2018 | Competition and antitrust law, Distinctive Signs, News
On December 6, 2017, the European Court of Justice handed down its ruling in the Coty case in Germany.The judgement clarifies the important subject of selective distribution contracts. The Court of Justice has infact confirmed that a contractual clause that prohibits...
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...
Feb 6, 2018 | News, Patents
On 29 June 2017 the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office has amended Rules 27 and 28 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention on the patentability of biotechnology inventions, excluding plants and animals exclusively obtained...
Nov 25, 2017 | News, Patents
On 20 November 2017 the Supreme Court issued an important judgement in a dispute where Studio Sena and Tarchini assisted an inventor who had realised numerous and important inventions whilst, employed by an Italian company belonging to a multinational group, he...
Jul 6, 2017 | Copyright, Designs and models, Events, News
A congress was held on 3 July 2017 in the Aula Magna Tolentini at the Iuav University on the theme Industrial Design and Copyright Law in Europe, organised by the Association of Young Italian Lawyers. Prof. Giuseppe Sena concluded the works with an intervention...
