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Andrea Michelangeli

HFSS products: The Italian advertising authority issues regulation on the commercial communication of foods and beverages addressed to children

/ / Advertising, Consumers, Intellectual Property, IP

By Elena Varese and Andrea Michelangeli The Istituto di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, i.e. the Italian advertising standards authority (“IAP“) has recently issued a new piece of regulation aimed at specifically providing guidance on the commercial communication of food and beverage products addressed to children, which entered into force on 9 February 2021 (“Regulation“), thus extending the […]

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The makeup of protection of a makeup store layout: a missed chance to apply the Cofemel decision?

/ / Copyright, Fashion, Intellectual Property, IP, Trademarks

By Valentina Mazza and Andrea Michelangeli In our fashion law predictions for 2020 (available here), we anticipated Italian case-law following the trend set by the CJEU in the Cofemel decision (for the illustration of the case, see our previous post here) by making it easier to access copyright protection in Italy. No magic wand, but

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Latest news: Sky v. Skykick, CJEU decision overturns Advocate General’s opinion

/ / Intellectual Property, IP, Trademarks

By Andrea Michelangeli and Annamaria Algieri On 29 January 2020, the CJEU issued its judgement on the Sky v. Skykick case, one of the most awaited trademark decisions of the past years. As anticipated in our previous article posted last October 2019 (you can find it here: https://blogs.dlapiper.com/iptitaly/2019/10/sky-v-skykick-or-on-the-meaning-of-computer-software/), the dispute came up when Sky, active

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