On January 25, 2021, the Milan IP Court (decision No. 491/21)
again granted copyright protection to the Moon Boot ®
branded boots by Tecnica Group S.p.A., i.e., the famous
après-ski boots in vogue since 1970.
According to the Milanese judges, the Moon Boot ®
branded boots deserve copyright protection because they meet both
the legal requirements of creative character (i.e., originality)
and artistic value (i.e., an additional degree of originality
deserving recognition by art critics and the art world, in
general).
As a consequence, Tecnica Group is entitled to full copyright
protection (in our case the author is still alive and under the
rules in force, copyright shall subsist for the life of the author
and 70 years thereafter), which, in practice, means Tecnica Group
is entitled to obtain an injunction and damages against the
reproduction and elaboration of Moon Boot® branded boots, as
well as their distribution and advertising. The following are
