Our partner Mario Pozzi is to be one of the speakers at Hi-Hack, the first Open Innovation and Digital Transformation Demoday of Italy's furniture industry. Organised by Hi-Interiors and Price Waterhouse Coopers and sponsored by SIB Società Italiana Brevetti, the...

Sib Lex is to meet students of Rome’s LUISS Guido Carli University to discuss patent and trademark licensing as well as merchandising. We have been invited to give two lectures during the course held by Professor Gustavo Ghidini who teaches Industrial Property at the...

Facebook held liable for failing to remove infringing content in spite of several requests sent by the holders of the infringed copyrights and image rights: Rome District Court rules against Facebook and orders the payment of damages. On 15 February 2019 the District...

In its decision of December 17, 2018, the European Commission, which had brought proceedings against the companies of the Guess Group on the basis of the results of the sector inquiry on electronic commerce (launched in May 2015), sentenced said companies to the...

Customs seizures of small consignments containing counterfeit and pirated goods are increasing: a new report by the OECD and EUIPO looks into the phenomenon. A report on Misuse of Small Parcels for Trade in Counterfeit Goods, released recently by the OECD...

EU Regulation No. 302/2018, aka “geoblocking regulation”, came into force in all EU member states on 3 December 2018. The regulation introduces specific provisions, adds to other EU laws that indirectly address geoblocking (for instance, provisions on “vertical...

The specialised section for business law of the District Court of Venice held, in a decision of 7 August 2018, that the layout, interiors and decor of the “Checkmate” yacht, designed by architect Tiberio Cerato on the yacht owner’s commission, are eligible for...