Simona Franco In 2010 Christian Louboutin, the French designer famous throughout the world for his shoes characterized by a scarlet red sole, registered a Benelux trademark which consisted “of the colour red (Pantone 18 1663TP) applied to the sole of a shoe as shown”. In 2012 Louboutin applied to the…

Giacomo Lusardi Important clarification has been provided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in relation to the processing of the personal data of Facebook users. It has ruled that a Facebook page administrator is, together with Facebook, the “controller” of the personal data of users who…

Ilaria Gargiulo If a three-dimensional trademark consists of the shape of the product for which registration is sought, the existence of a variant which is innovative with respect to the usual shapes of that product is not, in itself, sufficient for the purposes of establishing that the trademark possesses the…

Mariangela Liuzzi The Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) [The Italian Communications Authority], by way of implementing Legislative Decree 7 December 2017 no. 204 concerning the reform of legislation on the promotion of European and Italian works by audio-visual media service [AVMS] providers (“Franceschini Law”) has, by means of Resolution 184/18/CONS published on…