Elisabetta Mina On October 29 of last year, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the UK instituted a record for orphan works and simultaneously published a licensing scheme for those interested in utilizing, also for commercial purposes, the works contained in this record.   On August 8, 2014, Italy approved the…

Elisabetta Mina  On October 6 and 10 of last year, a study seminar titled “Regulation of New Forms of Television Commercial Communication: Product Placement and Branded Content” was held in Milan and Rome. This seminar was organized by “ANICA,” together with Roma Tre University and the Italian Advertiser’s Association (UPA),…

Marina Lanfranconi The polo player in Ralph Lauren’s famous trademark’s match has now been going on for many ‘chukkers’, which the American company has been playing for years actively defending its own distinctive sign on an international level. In Italy in the past six months, the Court of Milan have…