On 6, 7 and 8 February 2018, Marina Lanfranconi gave some lectures at IESEG School of Management (Paris), about the protection of ideas, critical legal issues related to the advertising and intellectual and industrial property legal aspects concerning the creation and launch of a new product on the European Union…

After a some months waiting period, the first law decree aimed at translating the general provisions of the new Italian Cinema Law (in force from January 1, 2017) into concrete guidelines for producer, distributors and investors, have been issued this July and are in force.  Law 220/2016 on “regulations in…

On July 19, 2017 the Court of Milan issued an injunction in favor of Soundreef, a UK based company that gathers and distributes royalties on behalf of authors and publishers, holding that artists can manage freely and choose their own representive without being force to pass through SIAE, the Italian…

How far are Tv Formats protected in Italy and in the rest of the world? On last June 21, during the Mock Trial at the Triennale di Milano organised by Milalegal and Viacom Italia on the “Domestic and international TV FORMAT protection”, the discussion focused on the actual protection of Tv…