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Last update: 09/03/2010
Legal 26/08/2010
The legislative Decree No. 131 dated August 13th, 2010 concerning the amendments to the Italian Industrial Property Code was published...[More...]
Legal 15/03/2010
On 10 March 2010 the regulation relating to the implementation of the Code of Industrial Property entered into force...[More...]
Legal 26/08/2009
One of the effects originated by the modification of Article 473 of the Criminal Code on counterfeiting, according to some commentators...[More...]
Legal 06/08/2009
Amendments to the Italian Code of Industrial Property
It has been published on the official journal No. 176 of 31.07.2009 the law No. 99/2009, which has modified also the Italian Code of Industrial Property...[More...]
Legal 27/07/2009
ITALY - DEVELOPMENT BILL: criminal law innovations related to intellectual property
With the final endorsement of July 9, 2009, Senate has given the go-ahead to a bill aimed to sustain development...[More...]
Legal 10/07/2009
The number of goods suspected of infringing IP rights seized in 2008 increased by 126%, from 79 million articles in 2007 to 178 million in 2008.....[More...]
Legal 02/07/2009
Since the 22nd of June 2009 changed the way goods suspected of infringing Intellectual Property are to be dealt at the frontier. H&M Revenue and Custom, in compliance with Article 13 of Council Regulation 1383/2003,...[More...]
Legal 19/06/2009
AntiCounterfeiting Ad Campaign in New York City
The President of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition announced the launch of a Global Public Service Ad Campaign.... [More...]
Legal 08/04/2009
Some headlines of the statistics from US Customs and Border Protection
The domestic value of goods seized for intellectual property rights violations in 2008 increased by 38.6% to $272.7million from $196.7 million in 2007....[More...]
Legal 26/02/2009
Music copyright to be extended to 95 years
The EU’s Legal Affairs Committee has approved a legislation that says that Bottom of Form Copyright term for music recordings must be extended from 50 years to 95 years....[More...]
Legal 30/01/2009
Swiss Watch Industry Launches Anti-Fake Campaign
The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry and The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie have launched an international ad campaign....[More...]
Legal 23/05/2007
IP rights in Italy; Reintroduction of the ordinary procedure.
Legal proceedings concerning Industrial Property, unfair competition and antitrust infringements in relation to the exercise of industrial property rights once again to be governed by the standard ordinary procedure.[More...]
