In December 2021, some substantial changes to data protection laws were introduced in Italy.The first important change concerns the relationship between the processing of citizens’

The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation has recently issued an interesting decision on well-known trademarks of the fashion house Gucci.

AGCM fined the companies for lack of information and aggressive practices in breach of the Consumers’ Code. The sanction amounted to €10 million, i.e. the maximum amount allowed under the current legislation.

A decision in the framework of AGCM’s activities to counter forms of hidden advertising on social media.

In recent news, SIAE suffered a “ransomware” hacker attack by the cybercrime group Everest, which stole about 28 thousand files including SIAE’s associates’ names and unpublished music.

The Court of Rome declared the invalidity of the trademark “MB45” registered by an Umbrian pizza maker in proceedings commenced by Mario Balotelli, also known to the public by the pseudonym “MB45”.

The Court ruled on the lawfulness of the personal data processing carried out through an online platform for measuring the reputation rating.

The Italian DPA issued its new Guidelines on the use of cookies, thus updating – following the entry into force of EU regulation 679/2016 (GDPR) – the guidings previously issued in 2014

The Court expressly exempted from the injunction the supplies of valves already made in favour of some hospitals, in accordance with art. 124 (6) Italian IP Code.

Regulation (EU) 2019/933, which amends Regulation (EC) n. 469/2009 on the supplementary protection certificate (SPC) for medicinal products, came into force on 1 July 2019.

The Court ruled in a copyright dispute between Mrs. Maria Sofia Pisu, granddaughter of the late artist Maria Lai, and the foundation established by Maria Lai herself.

The Court upheld the claims of the well-known jewellery manufacturing company Stroili Oro against counterfeiting acts, parasitic competition and slavish imitation of two competitors.

The Court dismissed the opposition to the registration of the below Huawei’s EU figurative trademark in class 9, filed by the well-known fashion house Chanel

The Court concluded that EUIPO had not ascertained that all of the features of appearance of the contested design were solely dictated by the technical function of the relevant product.

The Court stated that the slogan “It’s Like Milk, But Made for Humans” has the minimum degree of distinctive character required for it to be registered as a trademark.

The Court ascertained that the author of a so-called “simple photograph” has the right to compensation for damages deriving from its unauthorised publication by another party.

The ECJ returns to the subject of the framing of works protected by copyright

The Court ruled in favour of the petitioner Nexthing Ltd which had requested an urgent declaration of non-infringement, by its homonymous word and figurative trademarks, of the NEXT (word and figurative) trademarks belonging to the defendant Next Holding SpA

The Court endorsed the applicant’s arguments and stated that the words “WINDSOR – CASTLE” did not describe the products claimed in the application or their characteristics.

The European Commission provided some practical indications to follow in order to realise green marketing campaigns in line with the applicable laws