On July 3, 2024, the Italian Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy issued a decree on historical trademarks of national interest in implementation of Article 7, paragraph 5 of Law No. 206/2023 on Made in Italy. Initially, it is important to highlight that “historical trademarks of national interest” refer to those marks “registered for at […]
Copyright of Online Photographs
With ruling no. 5635 of June 3, 2024, the Milan Court addressed the issue of the unauthorized reproduction of photographs taken from the internet and distributed to various news outlets without the indications required by Article 90 of the Copyright Law or the so-called “digital watermark”, the digital mark that identifies the author. The Court’s […]
Protection of Foreign Works of Art: The Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum België Judgment
On October 14, 2024, in the case of Kwantum Nederland and Kwantum België (C-227/23), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgment clarifying important aspects of the protection of foreign works of art within the Union. The Case A Swiss company producing design furniture, holder of intellectual property rights over certain […]
Italy’s DPA opinion on the Italian AI bill: yes, but with adjustments
The opinion no. 477 issued on 2 August 2024 by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) expresses its opinion on the Italian AI Bill “Schema di disegno di legge recante disposizione e deleghe in materiale di intelligenza artificiale” (Bill outline stating orders and authorizations on AI). Having examined the individual rules proposed in the bill […]