Elena Dazio At the end of November 2018, "Pool with Two Figures" by David Hockney was sold at the international auction house Christie’s for 90.3 million dollars, becoming the most expensive work of art of a living artist sold at auction. Just two weeks prior to this record sale Christie’s…

Simona Franco Last October the Supreme Court admitted an appeal brought by Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.a. (“Ferragamo”) against a decision of the Court of Appeal of Milan which, in overturning a previous decision of the Court of First Instance, had ruled that the Ferragamo hooks (whose shape recalls a stylized…

Mariangela Liuzzi and Elena Dazio On 25 September 2018, the Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM) found the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) guilty of abuse of a dominant position in the copyright management services market, ruling that the conduct of the Society since January 2012 had contravened Article 102 TFEU.…

Francesca Gioia On 4 October the EU General Court upheld the decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal on an opposition raised against registration of the name “Deep Purple” as a trademark, stating that it could be registered but only for certain Class 9 products (in particular computer games and software), in line…