Trademarks In Italy

Among the enterprise assets, an important role is played by the so called intangibles, which represent every good without physical consistence, but able to be evaluated and create value for the company.

According to the Italian law, we can divide intangibles in three groups: the first is composed by those intangibles that the Civil Code calls "entrepreneur’s distinguishing marks ("segni distintivi dell’impreditore"), including trademark ("marchio"), enterprise name ("ditta") and sign ("insegna").

The second group consists in the wide and complex regulation of patents; the last one, finally, is a catch-all group including, for example, the goodwill payed in enterprise transactions.