By adopting Legislative Decree no. 35 of 15 March 2017 (Decree 35/2017) Italy implemented EU Directive 2014/26 on collective management of copyright and related rights.
The Directive and Decree 35/2017 identify two kind of entities which may be entrusted with the management of copyright and related rights: (i) collective management organisations and (ii) independent management entities.
Collective management organisations are owned/controlled by their members and/or are organised on a not-for-profit basis, while independent management entities are neither owned nor controlled by rightholders and are organised on a for-profit basis.Continue Reading An Update on the (Partial) Liberalization of Copyright Collective Management in Italy
The South African group Aspen Pharma was fined Euro 5.2 million two weeks ago by the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) for having imposed excessive prices for its antitumor drugs “Cosmos” acquired from GlaksoSmithKline in 2009.
Il testo del c.d. decreto legge sulle liberalizzazioni (D.L. n. 1/2012) è uscito profondamente modificato dall’esame del Parlamento, conclusosi con il voto di fiducia della Camera di giovedì (Legge n. 27/2012 pubblicata nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 71 del 24 marzo 2012). Per quanto qui di interesse, importanti modifiche riguardano l’istituzione delle c.d. sezioni specializzate in