Patent Law

Letter of Intent for the distribution of patented products

According to the USA Law of Contracts, as well as for the Italian and European legal system, a Letter of Intent (also known as “Memo Deal”, “Memorandum of understanding”, “Statement of Principles” o “Head of Agreement”) is a pre-contractual legal document that outlines an agreement between two or more parties before the agreement is finalized. […]

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The USITC (United States International Trade Commission) fixes Guidelines for compatible inkjet cartridges importation

As a result of the lawsuits filed by Epson to stop the importation of third party inkjet compatible cartridges, the USITC banned many compatible products for Epson printers, noting that there were 23 counts of patent infringement. However the Commission did not ban all compatible inkjet cartridges for Epson printers, and there are some Companies

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Unitary Patent is going to be less expensive and more effective

As known, last december 11th the EU Parliament, after over 30 years of talks, approved the Unitary Patent, a new regime that will allow to get patent protection among 25 EU Countries, excluded Italy and Spain, through a unique filing procedure. he new patent will be cheaper and in the same time more effective than

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At the Court of Ancona the Specialised Section on Business and IP Law for the Marche Region

As known, the recent amendement of Italian Law Decree 168/2003, that established the “Specialised Sections for IP Law”, has expanded the competences of these Sections also over Company Law (included LLC) and changed their name into “Specialized Sections for Business Law”. From the initial12 venues we now have 19 (one for each Court established in each Regional

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New mega-fine for Microsoft for non-compliance with browser choice commitments

Today Microsoft has been fined €561.000.000,00 by EU Commission for failing to comply with its commitments, signed in 2009 and legally binding until 2014, to offer users a browser choice screen enabling them to easily choose their preferred web browser. The ruling is related to Windows 7 Service Pack 1, where from May 2011 until

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