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13 April 2019

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Criminal Law, Continued Crime, Same Criminal Design, Court of Cassation, I Section, Judgment n. 4119 of 28/01-01/02/2019

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The First Criminal Section has affirmed that the same criminal design can be configured even when one of the crimes forming part of the unified design and planning has had an aberrant outcome with respect to the original determination, since, due to a mere executive error, the event wanted by the agent has occurred to the detriment of a person other than the one to whom the offense was directed, given that the accidental change in the material object of the conduct does not affect the subjective element that sustains the institution. Source Supreme Court of Cassation...

06 April 2019

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Criminal Law, Banks and Companies, Court of Cassation, V Criminal Section, Judgment n. 12777 of 22/03-25/03/2019

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The Fifth Chamber of the Court of Cassation stated that in the case of administrative pecuniary sanctions imposed by the Bank of Italy, pursuant to art. 144, Legislative Decree 1 September 1993, n. 385, due to deficiencies in the organization and internal controls, the indexes of a substantially criminal nature developed by the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg in the judgment of 8 June 1976, Engel c. Netherlands. Source Supreme Court of Cassation...

06 April 2019

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Criminal Law, Consortium of Companies and Confiscation, Court of Cassation, II Criminal Section, Judgment n. 8452 of 26/02-04/03/2019

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The Second Section stated that it supplements the crime pursuant to art. 12-quinquies of the decree-law 8 June 1992, n. 306, conv. with modification by the law of 7 August 1992, n. 356, the conduct of those who, in order to evade prevention confiscation measures concerning fictitious companies registered to third parties but related to them, constitute a consortium between the aforementioned and, through this, through nominees, conclude with the Agency responsible for the administration of confiscated property, making it a mistake, sub-lease and contract contracts having the effect of transferring the activities of the aforementioned companies to the consortium. Source...

03 April 2019

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Financial, Stock Exchange, Issuers Regulation, Court of Cassation, Second Civ. Section, Judgment n. 8047 of 21/03/2019

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Art. 191 TUF, art. 34 decies of the Issuers Regulation adopted with Consob resolution no. 11971/99 and subsequent amendments The obligations set by article 34 decies of the Consob Issuers' Regulations against the offeror, the issuer and the placement manager who, prior to the publication of the prospectus, proceed with the dissemination of news, market research and collection of purchase intentions related to the offer to the public not only affect those subjects, but also all those they use to carry out these activities. Therefore, anyone who spreads news about a financial product offered to the public before the aforementioned prospectus is...

23 March 2019

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Intellectual Property, Common Practice, Criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the Internet

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European Network of Brands and Designs and Models Consultation on CP10 - Criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the Internet The CP10 project common practice project - "Criteria for assessing disclosure of designs on the Internet The CP10 working group, composed of representatives of EU intellectual property offices, user associations, the European Patent Office (EPO) and EUIPO, has made significant progress in developing common practice during group meetings. and a seminar held in December 2018. Best practices and skills were shared among the members of the working group to establish the common principles of the CP10 project. As a result, the first draft of...

16 March 2019

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Litigation and Arbitration, International Relations, International Sale of Mobile Things, Court of Cassation, Section Un., Judgment n. 2840 of 31/01-15/02/2019

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EC Reg. n. 1896 of 2006, EC Regulation n. 44 of 2001 Art. 2 of the EC Regulation n. 44 of 2001, applicability of the forum pursuant to art. 5, lett. b) of the same Regulation, as interpreted by Cass., Section Un., N. 21191 of 2009. Disputes arising mutually from the contract, including that relating to the payment of alienated assets Contestation of the jurisdiction of the adjudicated judge. Source Supreme Court of Cassation...

09 March 2019

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Intellectual Property, Future of intellectual property in the EU

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Conference on the future of intellectual property in the EU Over the two days covered topics related to IP challenges in the EU, including the issue of design protection in Europe, linking the protection systems of national and EU brands and geographical indications in the EU. Bucharest, 5 and 6 March 2019 Source EUIPO European Union Intellectual Property Office...

02 March 2019

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Administrative Law, On the “reduction” of the administrative discretion (also technical), Council of State, VI, Judgment of 25.02.2019 n. 1321

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Administrative discretion - Reduction - Effects - Consequence The administrative discretion (also technical) can be progressively "reduced" due to the effect: a) on the "substantial" level, of the self-constraints deriving from the unraveling of the administrative action, marked by the increasing use of secondary and tertiary sources that often pose themselves as rigid parameters to unify the exercise of the concrete administrative function (even if originally characterized in discretionary terms); b) on the "procedural" level of judicial mechanisms which, by urging the administration to carry out any evaluation remaining on the matter at issue, allow the investigation to be focused, through successive approximations,...

23 February 2019

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Intellectual Property, Enhancing the visibility of intellectual property: EPO and LESI sign the MoU on bilateral cooperation

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Winter Planning Meeting in Miami The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) have signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation to help innovators make better use of the European patent system. The agreement was signed by the president of the EPO and the president of LESI at the recent Winter Planning Meeting at LESI in Miami, Florida. This enhanced cooperation will enable the EPO and LESI to extend the scope of joint activities for stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, industry representatives, technology transfer experts, publicly funded research organizations, IP consultants, innovation...

11 February 2019

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Industrial and Intellectual Property, the Blockchain in the fight against counterfeiting

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Industry Days The latest technology to maintain a reliable record of the origin of goods Using blockchain in the fight against counterfeiting - EUIPO he threw a Forum to support concrete solutions in that field The EUIPO has launched a new forum designed to encourage the development of cutting edge technological solutions to combat counterfeiting. The “Anti-Counterfeiting Blockathon Forum was unveiled by the Director General of DG Grow at a major Industry Days event held in Brussels. The Forum has gathered people and organisations to shape and deliver the future anti-counterfeiting infrastructure based on blockchain. The need for such a structured collaboration was clearly indicated during...