The Italian Privacy Authority announced today that it has launched an investigation to verify whether websites are adopting adequate security measures to prevent the massive collection of personal data for the purpose of training AI algorithms. Indeed, AI platforms collect huge amounts of data through so-called web-scraping, including the personal data of users of websites
Breaking news: Germany ratifies the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court
The German government has announced to have deposited the instrument of ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA). This is the much-awaited last step needed for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) to become operational.
Following the ratification of Germany, the UPC will open its doors and will be ready to receive its
Breaking: Italian court grants first injunction against NFTs infringing trademark rights
The Court of Rome sets a landmark precedent by granting an injunction against the creator of NFTs displaying images of a football player, reproducing without authorization the registered trademarks owned by Italian football club Juventus FC. This is the first known judgement by a European court holding that NFTs reproducing a third party’s trademarks without
IoT e brevetti essenziali: i vantaggi di un approccio proattivo per affrontare il cambiamento
La rivoluzione dell’IoT (“Internet of Things”) investirà nei prossimi anni gran parte delle aziende in svariati settori dell’economia, tra cui energia e servizi pubblici, industria e agricoltura, ambito sanitario e sperimentazioni cliniche, retail e automotive. Una rivoluzione “attesa e annunciata”, complice l’implementazione su larga scala del 5G, che secondo le stime dell’associazione
UPC news: Germany ratifies the Protocol on Provisional Application
The Federal Government of Germany has just announced that it has deposited the instrument of ratification for the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This is a decisive step towards the start of UPC operations in the near future, after years of uncertainties.
As explained by the Preparatory
Breaking News: Nokia v. Daimler SEP dispute (and CJEU referral) settled
It seems that the long-awaited clarification by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on a number of open issues related to standard essential patent (SEPs) will have to wait a little longer after all.
Nokia and Daimler have indeed just announced in a joint press release that they have signed a patent
Breaking News: Nokia v. Daimler referred to the CJEU. Questions raised by the Düsseldorf Regional Court translated
As widely anticipated, the Düsseldorf Regional Court has decided to refer to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) a series of question arising from a dispute between Nokia and Daimler regarding the alleged infringement of one of Nokia’s standard essential patent (SEPs) by Daimler’s connected cars.
The dispute in suit concerned in
FRAND licensing in an Unwired world (jurisdictional issues with global FRAND determinations, component level licensing, the “ND” prong of FRAND)
What is the impact of the recent UK Supreme court Unwired Planet judgement? What is the current status of the component level licensing debate in Europe? How do courts currently construe the non-discriminatory prong of the FRAND undertaking and what is the role of such element from
New rules against ambush marketing in Italy: a welcome improvement or a missed chance?
In view of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Games, Italian legislators have been revisiting the legislation currently in place and have brought into force some additional and useful measures to protect official advertisers of the Olympics against the so-called ‘ambush marketing’.
On 13 May 2020, Law 31/2020 came into force amending and converting the Law Decree
Il nuovo deposito telematico per domande di brevetto, marchio e disegno industriale
A partire dallo scorso 2 febbraio 2015 è possibile trasmettere in via telematica all’Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi le nuove domande di brevetto, marchio e disegno industriale.
In particolare, il nuovo sistema prevede la possibilità per chiunque (privati, rappresentanti di aziende e mandatari) di depositare domande di brevetto, marchio, disegno industriale, istanze connesse a dette domande e richieste di rinnovo dei marchi, nonché traduzioni di brevetti europei, attraverso una apposita sezione del sito dell’UIBM. Per accedere al servizio è necessario disporre sia di una firma digitale che di una casella di posta elettronica certificata, e registrarsi seguendo le istruzioni presenti sul portale.Continue Reading Il nuovo deposito telematico per domande di brevetto, marchio e disegno industriale