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Search engine ordered to remove defamatory content from search auto-complete function

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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June 1 2011

On 24 March 2011, the Civil Court of Milan confirmed its preliminary injunction issued on 25 January 2011 against Google, Inc

ECJ rules that the broadcasting of music within private dental practices does not entitle music producers to remuneration

Baker & McKenzie
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European Union, Italy
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May 31 2012

On 15 March 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a preliminary ruling on the questions referred by the Italian Court of Appeal of Turin in the occasion of a proceeding regarding the obligation of a dentist to pay a remuneration to the phonogram producers for the broadcasting of phonograms in his dental practice by way of background music

Video hosting service provider found liable for copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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December 14 2011

After winning a case against Italia On Line in June, Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI) won another copyright infringement case before the Court of Milan

Search engines could be liable for links to pirated content

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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June 6 2011

The Court of Rome has issued a preliminary injunction in a case brought by PFA Films S.r.l. (PFA), the exclusive distributor in Italy of the Iranian movie "About Elly". PFA sued Yahoo! Italia S.r.l

Liability of search engines for links to pirated content

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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October 12 2011

On 16 June 2011, the Court of Rome reviewed its decision of 20 March 2011 where it ordered Yahoo! to remove from its search engine links to websites hosting pirated versions of the Iranian movie "About Elly", which is exclusively distributed in Italy by PFA Films S.r.l (PFA

Video hosting service found liable for copyright infringement

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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September 14 2011

In a decision published in June, the Court of Milan found Italia On Line S.r.l. (IOL) liable for copyright infringement in a case brought by Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A

Manager of an online forum is not liable for content posted by users

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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November 10 2011

On 11 August 2011, the Court of Bologna issued a decision in a case brought by an Italian company, a provider of beauty products and services, against Yahoo!

Seizure of websites for trade mark violation

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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January 31 2012

On 29 September 2011, in a decision widely reported by the media, the Court of Padua issued a decree ordering the preventive seizure of 493 websites containing a specific trade mark in their domain names, in relation to the alleged crimes of importing, marketing and selling products bearing fake trade marks, and handling goods derived from criminal activity

Use of movie trailers online

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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January 3 2012

In the past few weeks the online press has reported that SIAE, the Italian collecting society, started sending requests to several website managers, requesting royalties for the use of the music in the trailers shown on their websites

Protection of TV programme formats

Baker & McKenzie
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Italy
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February 9 2012

On 14 October 2011, the Court of Rome denied a request by Reti Televisive Italiane S.p.A. (RTI) to reconsider the Court's recent adverse decision on the protection of TV programme formats