André Malraux l’aveva previsto: “il ventunesimo secolo o sarà religioso, o non ci sarà”! Sebbene sia stata per molto tempo accantonata alla sfera privata, la questione religiosa penetra oggi in tutti i livelli della vita sociale e professionale (al momento dell’offerta di…

Nonostante la somiglianza lessicale, i termini « dirigeants » – in Francia – e « dirigenti » – in Italia – non sono dal punto di vista semantico perfettamente sovrapponibili. L’apparente omonimia può così causare incomprensioni tra operatori dei due Paesi. Con il…

Yesterday (29 August 2017), a long-awaited reform of the Italian turnover thresholds for merger control has entered into force following publication of law N. 124 of 4 August 2017 on the Official Journal (occurred on August 14th). The new turnover thresholds are immediately applicable to all concentrations between undertakings, irrespectively of the industrial sector in…

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This chapter was first published on International Comparative Legal Guides website and it was written by our associate Marco Blei and Luca Zoani (Spada Partners) 1 – Regulatory Framework 1.1 Are there any national laws that specifically regulate outsourcing transactions? Under Italian law, outsourcing agreements are not specifically regulated.

PUBBLICATE LE CONCLUSIONI DELL’AVVOCATO GENERALE NEL CASO COTY GERMANY, C-230/16 Il 26 luglio 2017 l’Avvocato Generale Wahl ha reso le tanto attese conclusioni nel caso C-230/16 Coty Germany GmbH v. Parfumerie Akzente Gmbh (de seguito “Conclusioni” e “Caso Coty”), rispondendo in senso positivo alla seguente domanda: il divieto di vendere i prodotti su piattaforme di…

On 18 April 2017, the Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (the Italian Communications Authority – AGCOM) issued a decision by which – for the first time ever – it has applied the ban set forth in Article 43, paragraph 11, of the Italian Code on Audiovisual Media Services (CAMS)

Another step forward for the protection of industrial design Judgment no. 1900/2017, Zhejiang Zhongneng Industry Group e Taizhou Zhongneng Import And Export Co v. Piaggio & Co. S.p.A., Court of Turin The Turin Court of First Instance has recently taken its stance on the issues of three-dimensional trademarks and copyright on industrial designs (Judgment no…

This article was first published on Law360 on May 15th, 2017. Download the full PDF here. PART I U.S.-based manufacturers of branded goods who wish to distribute them across the EU may face compelling legal challenges in protecting their ability…

Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the Deal Through: Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2017, (published in April 2017; contributing editors: Marta Giner Asins and Yann Anselin, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP).