The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guides - Italy - Intellectual Property

25.06.2026

AI Enters Trade Secret Protection

On 10 June 2026, the Italian Council of Ministers approved two draft legislative…

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16.06.2026

Preliminary injunctions in IP matters and proceedings on the merits: Decree-Law No. 100/2026 implements the CJEU judgment in Case C-132/25

Following its judgment of 23 April 2026 in Case C-132/25, M.M. Ristorazione Srl…

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11.06.2026

AI-generated content: the European Commission publishes the Code of Conduct on labelling

The context: transparency as a pillar of the AI Act Yesterday, the European…

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05.06.2026

WHEN A FICTIONAL CHARACTER BECOMES IDENTIFIED WITH THE ACTOR: THE ITALIAN SUPREME COURT ON THE LIMITS OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR “THE MAN WITH NO NAME”

By order No.12257 of 1 May 2026, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione)…

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28.05.2026

Trade Secrets and the Digital Omnibus: Protecting Know-How While Data Circulates by Operation of Law

The issue, in brief The Digital Omnibus — the legislative package through which…

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20.05.2026

ESG and ‘Self-Declared’ Environmental Labels: what happens in Italy after 27 September 2026

Legislative Decree 30/2026 radically changes the rules for self-declared…

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06.05.2026

Intellectual Property: Asset and Share Purchases (Italy)

Our partner Paolo Lazzarino contributed to the chapter “IP: Asset and Share…

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28.04.2026

Generative AI and “hallucinations”: transparency by design in Italian consumer protection practice

In the recent proceedings involving DeepSeek, Mistral AI and NOVA AI, the…

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27.04.2026

Court of Justice of the European Union, C-132/25: Italian IP preliminary injunctions cannot remain effective sine die without proceedings on the merits

By judgment of 23 April 2026 in Case C-132/25, M.M. Ristorazione Srl v. Villa…

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