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CJEU rejects Italian and Spanish challenges to the Council’s unitary patent decision

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • European Union, Italy, Spain
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  • April 30 2013

In Kingdom of Spain and Italian Republic v Council of the European Union Joined Cases C-27411 and C-29511, the Court of Justice of the European

Court gives final green light to sale of self-diagnosis kits by pharmacies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Italy
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  • April 2 2012

The Regional Administrative Tribunal Court of Lazio (TAR Lazio), which has competence at national level for proceedings against Italian public authorities and agencies, has rejected an appeal filed by a number of private laboratories against a Ministry of Health decree, which authorises the sale by pharmacies of at-home, self-diagnosis kits that may require support or assistance to the patient, at his request, by health professionals at pharmacy premises

New rules affecting commercial litigation and class actions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Italy
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  • February 3 2012

On 24 January, the Italian Government enacted emergency measures designed to aid the recovery of the Italian economy and improve its economic infrastructure (Decree no. 12012 of 24 January 2012

Fashion designer allowed to prevent use of name despite selling all rights

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • September 28 2011

Ruling on the proper interpretation of national legal provisions in invalidity proceedings (Edwin Co Ltd v Elio Fiorucci C- 26309), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has held that the holder of a name is entitled to prevent its use as a Community trade mark (CTM) where national law permits

Italy referred to the ECJ for failure to recover illegal social security exemption aid

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • July 3 2009

The European Commission has decided to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failure to implement an April 2004 judgment confirming a 1999 Commission decision that ordered the recovery of illegal State aids granted by Italy in the form of exemptions from social security contributions

Comparison of marks as a whole

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Italy
  • -
  • February 27 2009

In Shaker di L. Laudato & C. Sas v OHIM 2008 T-704 (unreported), the Court of First Instance (CFI) has upheld an Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) Board of Appeal decision it originally annulled, allowing an opposition to the registration of a figurative mark featuring the word “limoncello” based on an earlier Spanish registration for the word mark LIMONCHELO

European Community not liable for infringing WTO law

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • September 12 2008

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed appeals by two Italian companies seeking damages from the European Commission

Italy introduces class actions

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • Italy
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  • April 29 2008

For the first time, Italy has introduced class actions into its civil procedure system; the new law will enter into force on 29 June 2008

SIAE labels against counterfeit CDs: is Italy facing the end of an era?

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • January 31 2008

Italian copyright law (Article 181 bis) prescribes that any medium put on sale or exchanged for profit, which contains computer programmes, multimedia works, sounds, voice, moving images, and generally protected works must bear a distinctive sign

Possibility of reimbursement of Italian dividend withholding tax increases

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • January 24 2008

A recent ECJ case and changes to Italian legislation strengthen the arguments for filing reimbursement requests