Intellectual Property in Italy
Overview by Globlatrade.net:
- National Organizations
- Italian Bureau for Patents and Trademarks (the official agency for the protection of intellectual property in Italy).
Copyright SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori : Italian Society for Authors and Editors). - Regional Organizations
- For the protection of patents: the European Patent Office
Governing trademarks, designs and models: the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. - International Membership
- Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property
Membership to the TRIPS agreement - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
National Regulation and International Agreements
| Type of property and law | Validity | International Agreements Signed |
| Patent 1939 law on patents | period of validity: 20 years | Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Strasbourg agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification |
| Trademark 1939 law on models | period of validity: 10 years | Trademark Law Treaty Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks |
| Design Law on designs | initial period of validity: 15 years | |
| Copyright 2000 copyright law | Berne convention Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty | |
| Industrial Models 1939 law on industrial designs | initial period of validity: 15 years |
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