Intellectual property

Intangible assets (and among them, intellectual property rights) often outrank the significance of the physical ones in a corporation’s performance. Lawsuits increasingly deal with issues relating to such assets and rights. This section intends to high lighten some of the significant cases.

Italy’s new approach to prevent ‘ambush marketing’.

Fighting the ‘free raiders’ trying to promote their brands without buying a sponsor ticket to major events with huge audiences.


Since the 80ies of the past Century, all major sports events (such as Continental or World Championships or Olympic Games), drawing broad media cov...

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(Again) IP protection for design models.

Possible, all but easy to obtain in Court.


In two posts, uploaded on this blog in January 15th and September 15th, 2019, I have reported about different – and sometimes disappointing - outco...

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Intellectual property

Industrial design and copyright protection – An update.

The CJEU steps in and things are likely to get tougher.


In a mid-September post, I have reported about a recent interim injunction issued by a Fist Instance Court in Bologna. While the ink of such post ‘...

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