FAQs

Legal defence: Can one be condemned to pay compensation damages for plagiarism if one distributes but does not materially produce?

Legal defence: What are the risks of using copied software?

Legal defence: Can one, without yet having obtained the patent, legally act against someone copying him?

Contracts: Can I sell my patent, deposited in Italy, to a French company? If yes, what type of contract should I choose?

Contracts: Could you tell me what are the requirements to be fulfilled in case of transferral or modification of the rights related to international trademarks? Is the transcription necessary as for the national ones or does it come automatically with the request of transcription of the act at the italian patents and trademarks office?

Contracts: What fees are payable on contracts related to patents?

Contracts: Whose is the literary ownership of a book published without a contract?

Internet sites: Can the photos downloaded from the internet be freely used?

Legal defence: If we have been using a name for some time and someone else registers it, what can be done?

Domain names: Can the owner of a trademark ask to have an internet domain, dealing with different products, closed down?