April 26, 2025, marks World Intellectual Property Day, and this year’s theme will be music. The initiative highlights the relationship between the protection of intellectual property rights and the development of a musical landscape capable of connecting with other sectors. Through World IP Day, WIPO aims to celebrate the universal language of music and underscore […]
Co-owned Patent: Supreme Court Rewrites the Limits of the Faculty Of Use Of Each Co-owner
On February 18, 2025, the Italian Supreme Court issued Judgment No. 4131, redefining the boundaries of patent exploitation rights among co-owners in the absence of an agreement or consent from other co-owners. The Case The case involved a dispute between an Italian company and a Slovenian company, both co-owners of a patent for an industrial […]
EPO Patent Index 2024: Computer Technology Drives Innovation
The EPO, the European Patent Office, recently published the EPO Patent Index 2024, a collection of statistics that describes and captures the trend of patent applications filed with the EPO in 2024. The report reveals very interesting data, both in terms of the countries of origin of the applications and the sectors and trends that […]
The New Design Package: What Changes for European Designs
The introduction of the New Design Package represents a fundamental step for the European Union in modernizing the protection of industrial designs and models, thus responding to the challenges posed by new technologies such as the advent of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, the metaverse, and new methods of production and product use. The reform in […]