ESPACENET – The patent database

Do you want to know if your invention has already been invented? You can do it with esp@cenet, an online free service collecting patents and patent applications.

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historic marks

Opening of the Italian Register of historic marks of national interest

Starting from the 16th of April 2020, it is finally possible to apply to register an owned trademark in the Official Italian register of historic marks of […]

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copyright infringement

Citation in a book and copyright infringement

Newspaper and magazine articles fall under the work of arts protected by copyright. Articles 38-45 of the Italian Copyright Law explicitly recognizes them as creative […]

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Court of Rome: Vimeo must reimburse Mediaset

By sentence no. 693/2019 of 10 January 2019, the Court of Rome ordered Vimeo to pay more than €8 million to RTI, a company of […]

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Digital inheritance and the matter of the account

Social network are an increasingly important part of the life of the user till the point to affect a person even after his/her death. The […]

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European Privacy Day: latest news

Today – January 29, 2019 – is the European Day for the Protection of Personal Data established in 2007 by the Council of Europe with […]

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The legal fake and trademark registration by a third party

With judgment no. 51754, filed on November 15, 2018, the Italian Criminal Court, section V, ruled concerning the distinction between the conduct integrant to the […]

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What’s UIBM?

The Italian Patent and Trademark Office: what it deals with UIBM (the Italian Patent and Trademark Office) is the Office of the Ministry of Economic […]

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Copyright Infringement

When do we talk of Copyright infringement? What penalties are applicable in such cases? We face copyright infringement when the right of the author is […]

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What’s EPO?

History, functions and tasks of the European Patent Office EPO is the acronym of European patent Office, the Office charged of providing with uniform procedure […]

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