On 24th February 2023, the Italian Tax Authority (Agenzia delle Entrate) issued a provision which modifies the previous provision of 15th February 2022 on the Patent Box new regime, in order to make it more adherent to what provided for in art. 6 of the Legislative Decree 21/10/21, no. 146 (as modified by law 234 […]
On November 8th 2022, EPO published an updated report on the gender gap in the innovation field, based on the data on patents at its disposal, with the aim to provide key indications on the progress of inclusion of women in Europe. The data The report shows that, in the last decades, the rate of […]
The European Court of Justice by decision 22 December 2022 (joined cases C-148/21 and C-184/21) clarified the notion of “use” of a trademark on the online market, redefining the boundaries of the responsibility of the provider of the marketplace for the illicit use of the trademarks of others. The Court expressed itself following the referral […]
On 14 September 2022, the European Bulletin reported the rejection of the patent application presented by Dr. Thaler, who indicated an artificial intelligence as inventor. DABUS is the name of the machine designed by the American scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler (acronym for device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience). The machine is composed by […]
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day, promoted by WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization. The theme...
