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Italy adopts new law on class action
Italy’s upper house of Parliament on Wednesday definitively approved draft law no. 844, thus these provisions are binding law. The law approved by the Senate has not yet been published in the Italian Official Gazette. However, the new provisions provide a 12 months transition period. Accordingly, the new law will Read More
Brexit: Italian measures for UK insurers and intermediaries
The Italian Government approved a draft law decree aimed at ensuring financial stability and market integrity in the event of hard Brexit (the "Decree"). The final version of the Decree is expected to be issued soon and will enter into force upon the publication on the Official Journal. Amendments in Read More
The General Court annuls EUIPO’s decision refusing registration of the figurative mark Chiara Ferragni as an EU trade mark
In 2015, Italian entrepreneurs filed an application with the European Intellectual Property Office ("EUIPO") for registration of the following EU trade mark, which they had been using, for, among others, goods in Classes 18 and 25. A Dutch company filed a notice of opposition to the registration of that figurative mark, Read More
New IVASS Regulation on transparency, advertising and creation of insurance products from 2019
Following the incorporation into Italian national laws of the Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution IVASS (the Italian insurance regulator) has issued the new Regulation no. 41 of 2 August 2018 on disclosure, advertising and creation of insurance Read More
New Rules on Insurance distribution from 2018
Following the approval of the Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (recast) it is now time to assess the aim of such Directive, taking into account that EU countries shall incorporate it into national law by 23 February Read More