The Italian artistic heritage has recently obtained another success against infringements of its image. A recent and interesting line of decision on reproduction of cultural heritage images has echoed an order by the Court of Florence, issued few weeks before, where the reproduction for commercial purposes of the image of Michelangelo’s David had been declared […]
The Supreme Court of Cassation has recently pronounced again its judgement concerning TV format of a program as an original work of authorship protected by Copyright, with judgement n.18633 of the 27th of last July. As already known, TV format is not included in works under explicit legal provisions within the Italian Copyright Law, but […]
The ordinance of the Court of Milan issued on May 9, 2017 ended the judicial querelle between the heirs of the famous designer and architect Gio Ponti and the M. company on the one hand opposed to the C. company on the other in reference to the ownership of the rights on the “811” armchair […]
The new Competition Law no. 124 of August 4, 2017 (Official Gazette no. 189 of August 14, 2017) has introduced relevant amendments to the prior law referred to in Art. 73 of Law no. 633/1941 (Copyright Law of Italy) in relation to the neighboring rights of copyright for the reproduction in public of musical works. […]
April 26, 2025, marks World Intellectual Property Day, and this year’s theme will be music. The initiative...
