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Industrial Property Code Reform: The challenges of patent ownership in funded research
In the article ItaliaOggi dedicates to the reform of the Industrial Property Code, approved on 18th July last, Francesca La Rocca discusses the aspects of patent ownership in the case of inventions by university researchers: if the new version seems to resolve the...
Legal success in the defence of a multinational group against AGCM
On behalf of a major multinational group in the alcoholic beverages sector, we recently obtained the dismissal of a complaint filed with the AGCM regarding issues of compliance with specific rules governing the advertising of such products. The arguments developed in...
INDICAM on ‘Cosmetics and intellectual property: a winning trick’
Appointment this Friday 29 at 10 a.m. in Terrazza Palestro to listen to Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli's speech at the round table organised by INDICAM on "Cosmetics and Intellectual Property: a winning 'trick'!", organised on the occasion of Beauty Week 2023. A...
AI and music: who can claim copyright?
The use of AI in the world of music can also have implications from a legal point of view, creating disputes over the assertion of copyright. Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli talks about this in this article in Il Mohicano, recalling the Supreme Court's pronouncement in...
Patents and innovation in Fashion
Fashion is one of the sectors that most embody Italian-made goods internationally, but also one of the areas where the phenomenon of counterfeiting is most evident. For this reason, as Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli comments in Italia Oggi, the news of the choice of...
Amendments to the Industrial Property Code
On August 23, 2023, the amendments to the Industrial Property Code arranged by Law No. 102 of July 24, 2023, published in the Official Gazette on August 8, 2023, came into force. From a substantive point of view, there are three topics of particular interest: The rule...
Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
Works of art created by artificial intelligence cannot be covered by copyright according to a recent ruling in the US that denied computer scientist Stephen Thaler the registration of the work in the name of the AI algorithm that created it. It once again reopens the...
Big attention to the issue of registrability of slogan as trademark
28.07.2023 Continuing to attract attention is the in-depth report, edited by Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli and Francesca La Rocca, on the recent Cassazione ruling on the registrability of slogans. Also picking it up is ADVexpress. To read the article:...
Can be condemned for infringement the parody of a famous trademark?
In the latest episode of INDICAMonAir Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli tackles a "hot" topic: when the parody use of a famous brand can be allowed and when it is instead to be condemned for infringement. Cue for reflection the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that...
House of Representatives approves amendments to the Industrial Property Code
During its session on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the House of Representatives approved the amendments to the Code of Industrial Property already promoted by the Senate, in anticipation of the technical deadlines for implementation. In addition to the various measures on...
Can a slogan be protected as a trademark?
18.07.2023 Can the slogan equally to a brand be protected as a trademark? A recent Supreme Court ruling confirms this, creating an important precedent for the world of advertising in all its forms. Commentary by Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli and Francesca La Rocca...
IP tender reopened, Italia Oggi reports
Between late July and August, Mimit's call for Patents+, Designs+ and Trademarks+, reopens for the three-year period 2021-2023: an interesting time window to submit applications for non-repayable grants for the valorization of industrial property titles; the Patents+...
Our Law firm establishes itself as an international excellence in IP rights protection
Once again, this year Leaders League recognizes us in its ranking as one of the excellences in the international legal scene: once again our firm has distinguished itself for its expertise and solid experience in intellectual property, particularly in patent...
Webinar Suitex: a great success!
A great success was 29 june 2023 webinar organized by Suitex International with our firm and Littler Italia on The Protection of Iconic Shapes in Fashion and Design: about 70 companies in the sector showed great interest in the topics of growing topicality and...
Pharmacy reform: what changes?
Pharmacy reform: what changes? There are conflicting opinions about how good the new proposal is, but it is a necessary revision, according to Giancarlo Del Corno: key highlights include the fact that aspects related to competition and those on the right to health...
The best law firms 2023
The special issue dedicated by Sole24ore to the best law firms operating in Italy, at this fifth edition, sees our firm present also this year in the Intellectual Property and TMT category. Studi legali dell'anno 2023
The Chinese government recognize the importance of the author’s right for the works of industrial design
29.05.2023 The Chinese government is also taking action to protect industrial design with the right to author, showing how timeless exclusivity for the iconic forms of industrial products, an expression of Italian creativity and a symbol of made in Italy, is becoming...
A.I. and UE
We would like to thank Unione Industriale Biellese for hosting us at the Biella Digital Summit, which was a challenging and interesting opportunity to discuss some very topical issues related to artificial intelligence. It was just yesterday that the European...
Biella Digital Summit 2023
There are two major topics that we will discuss with other respected speakers at the second edition of the Biella Digital Summit, organised by Unione Industriale Biellese. Elisabetta Berti Arnoaldi Veli and Francesca La Rocca will explore the IP implications of...
World Intellectual Property Day 2023
For this year's World Intellectual Property Day, which is exceptionally dedicated to women, we have become the spokespersons for professionals in the IP world, a purely male-dominated working environment, where the creativity and flexibility of the female gender are...