The Italian Government decree about liberalization, approved last January 20th, introduced an important modification to the IP Special Courts system.
Article 2 of the Decree has changed the name of IP Special Courts into “Companies Court”, with new and wider jurisdiction. In fact, they will be competent not only for IP issues, but also for all the the disputes involving the more complex type of companies: S.p.A. and S.a.p.a. (two kinds of joint-stock companies).
The new rules will go into effect for all the lawsuit filed 90 days after the publication of the Decree.
Among the Italian territory there are only 12 IP Special Courts.