With Order No. 27189 of 22 September 2023, the Italian Supreme Court recognised the centrality of the GDPR in the determination of sanctions for violation of data protection laws.

The Italian Football Federation, the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (National Amateur League) and the Italian Footballers' Association have recently stipulated the new national collective agreement for the regulation of sports employment contracts in the amateurism area

On 10 October 2023, the European Commission, in the presence of Thierry Breton, published a warning letter against Elon Musk, owner of X, for alleged misinformation on his social network regarding the attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on the state of Israel.

By 17 December 2023, a considerable number of Italian private companies shall have in place an internal reporting channel.

With a press release of yesterday, 17 October 2023 the European Commission stated that in the coming weeks, together with the national authorities of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, it will screen online posts to identify testimonials and endorsements that mislead consumers.

The Milan Court of Appeal recognised the notoriety of the Harmont & Blaine’s signs depicting the profile of a dachshund

The Italian advertising self-regulatory organisation (IAP) ordered Hendrick's Gin Distillery LTD and IGPDecaux s.p.a. to cease disseminating an advertising message regarding a gin, for violation of Article 22 of the Code of Advertising Self-Regulation.

The "Unitary Patent" is a European Patent, granted by the European Patent Office following the traditional procedure, for which the holder requests the unitary effect. This is in force as from June 2023. The UPC is new court common to the EU Member States, having jurisdiction on Unitary Patents and traditional European Patents.

The Unified Patent Court or UPC is a new court common to the EU Member States that have signed and ratified its founding agreement. Here’s an overview of its structure and jurisdiction.

The Unified Patent Court or UPC is a new court common to the EU Member States that have signed and ratified its founding agreement. Here’s an an overview of the available remedies, enforcement, languages, applicable law and timing of the proceedings.

The Unified Patent Court or UPC is a new court common to the EU Member States that have signed and ratified its founding agreement. Here’s an overview of the applicable procedures.

The "Unitary Patent" is a European Patent for which the holder requests the unitary effect. This is in force as from June 2023. The UPC is new court common to the EU Member States, having jurisdiction on Unitary Patents and traditional European Patents. Here is an overview of their Pros and Cons.

Among others, the Italian Communication Authority can order ISPs, ex parte, to block access within 30 minutes to unauthorised transmissions of live content and premieres of audiovisual content, including sport events

An overview of the main changes: coexistence between national and European/Unitary patent; overturning of the Professor's privilege; civil seizure at fairs; temporary protection of designs exhibited at fairs.

The Court of Appeal of Milan, on the basis of an earlier first instance decision, ruled on the distinctiveness of the "stripe" of the well-known Diesel brand

The bill against online piracy, which had already received the go-ahead from the Chamber of Deputies on 22 March, was unanimously approved.

In its recent order no. 16314/2023, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on the pre-disclosure proof requirements in patent law, stating that the choice between the various findings in support of the decision is ultimately the choice of the judge of the merits

On 10 July, the European Commission adopted the new Adequacy Decision on the EU-US framework of the regime for transferring personal data from the EU to US companies.

The Italian courts’ jurisdiction was deemed to be limited to the request for a declaration of non-infringement of the Italian portion of Alfa’s international design registration (which in fact was not under discussion).

The Italian Data Protection Autorithy sentenced H&M to a fine of €50,000.00 for breach of Articles 5, 88 and 114 of the GDPR