DIRITTO DELLA PROPRIETÀ INTELLETTUALE E DELLE TECNOLOGIE DIGITALI

Knowledge of copyright and trade mark law.

According to the Dublin descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:

1) knowledge and understanding skills such as to reinforce those achieved in the first cycle; ability to elaborate and / or apply original ideas, in a research context.

2) ability to apply knowledge and understanding and ability to solve problems to new or unfamiliar issues, inserted in broader (or interdisciplinary) contexts connected to one's field of study;

3) ability to integrate knowledge and to formulate judgments on the basis of information that is not necessarily complete;

4) ability to communicate one's knowledge clearly and unambiguously to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors.

5) ability to carry out research autonomously.

A. Copyright

1.    Historical evolution and general features of copyright. National and international law.

2.    Copyright-protected works

3.    Subsistence of copyright. Ownership of Copyright

4.    Infringement of Copyright and Moral Rights

5.    Neighbouring Rights

6.    Dealing based on Copyright

B. Trade-marks

1.    The trademark concept and functions

2.    Conditions for securing registration of trademarks

3.    Acquisition of the trademark

4.    Trademark use

5.    Infringement

6.    Sales, lecensing and merchandising of the trademark

7.    Revocation and invalidity of the trademark

8.    Collective Trademarks

9.    International Trademark Law

10.            EU Trademark

11.            Unregistered Trademark

 A. Copyright

Auteri, Diritto d’autore, in Auteri, Floridia, Mangini et al. Diritto Industriale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2020, pp. 630-777.

Students must show knowledge of the following legislation:

Legge 22 aprile 1941, n. 633, Protezione del diritto d’autore e di altri diritti connessi al suo esercizio (text updated and currently in force)

Directive (UE) 2019 /790 del 17 aprile 2019, on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market

B. Trade-marks

Vanzetti, V. Di Cataldo, M. S. Spolidoro, Manuale di diritto industriale, Giuffré, Milano, 2021, pp. 147-319.

Students must show knowledge of the following legislation:

Decreto legislativo 10 febbraio 2005, n. 30 Codice della proprietà industriale (text updated and currently in force) artt. 1-28.

Please remember that in compliance with art 171 L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.

For further information on sanctions and regulations concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the Italian Association on Copyright).