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Italy
EPO and Italy await introduction of EU unitary patent
Meeting in Rome, EPO President Benoît Battistelli and Italy’s Under Secretary of State to the Ministry of Economic Development, Simona Vicari, discussed the role of patents in supporting innovation and the upcoming introduction of a European patent with unitary effect for the EU member states. After clarification of important legal questions on the unitary patent […]
Italy implements eLearning for SMEs, UK implements USS
The Italian National Office has implemented the eLearning for SMEs tool developed by the Cooperation Fund administered by the Office for harmonization in the internal market. This implementation marks the final implementation of the tool in all 21 EU national and regional intellectual property offices which expressed their intent to use it. Meanwhile, the UK Intellectual […]
LA COOPERAZIONE TRA L’UAMI E L’UIBM: TRA PRASSI CONVERGENTI E DESIDERATA DEGLI UTENTI
Giunto quasi al termine della quarta edizione, il Progetto “Marchi e Disegni Comunitari” vuole fare il punto su uno dei principi cardine della materia: la coesistenza tra marchi e disegni nazionali e marchi e disegni comunitari. L’applicazione concreta di tale principio passa anche per il tramite della cooperazione tra l’UAMI (l’Agenzia della Unione Europea che […]
OHIM participates in the Italian Intellectual Property Information day
Yesterday the Italian Intellectual Property Office (Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi) organised an information day on the activities and services of OHIM. A delegation from OHIM, headed by President António Campinos, travelled to Rome to meet the Italian Director General, Loredana Gulino, and exchange views on issues of common interest. The OHIM delegation presented, during […]
Italy is removed from the Watch List in the 2014 Special 301 Report
The Special 301 Report for 2014 issued Italy’s removal from the Watch List as a result of accepting the Italian Communications Regulatory Authority’s (AGCOM) in 2013. The regulations were adopted to fight internet piracy by effective and adequate mechanisms. This is considered as a major achievement for Italy in Intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, […]
Italy warned to fully implement EU law on copyright for designs
SIB announced that The European Commission has invited Italy to fully implement Directive 98/71 on the legal protection of designs, meaning that designs must have the protection of design and copyright laws. SIB reminds that The Italian law implementing the Directive was changed several times, by reducing the transitional period from ten to five years, […]
Campaign against online sales of “Barolo wine kits” in the UK
SIB informs that “the Consorzio Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Roero is taking determined action against online sales of “Barolo wine kits” in the United Kingdom, where the kits bearing the name Barolo, but containing no more than grape juice concentrate, yeasts, enzymes, sulphites and other substances needed to prepare quick, do-it-yourself wine, are particularly wide […]
Italy extended the term of copyright for performing artists
The Italian Legislative decree No 22 of 21 February 2014 that implements the European Union’s directive No. 2011/77 concerning the term of protection for copyrights and certain related rights came into force on 26 March 2014. The Italian copyright law extended the protection of the rights of performers and phonogram producers on music recordings within the […]