On April 2007, Peppermint Jam Records GmbH (hereinafter "Peppermint"), a German music label, sent out 3,636 notices of copyright infringements to alleged Italian file-sharers informing them that they have been found guilty of uploading copyrighted songs.

In order to increase the competitiveness of the Italian market, especially from an international perspective, the Italian corporate reform, enacted by the Legislative Decree 6/2003, provides for three management models for Italian corporations:

Colors and combinations of colors have been increasingly used to distinguish and identify the origin of products.

From June 12 2008 member states will begin their collaboration on the preparation of domestic procedure, forms and rules on competence and language in order to implement the new European payment order procedure, which will finally be available to creditors from December 12 2008.

On February 3 2011 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Juliane Kokott issued a nonbinding opinion that broadcasters cannot prevent consumers in the United Kingdom from using cheaper foreign satellite television equipment to watch Premier League football matches, as this is contrary to the free movement of services within the European Union (Premier League and others v QC Leisure and others and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, joined cases C-403/08 and C-429/08).

The videogame market has undoubtedly become a new investment frontier for advertising professionals, who have begun taking advantage of the enormous opportunities In-games advertising (whether in the form of product placement or otherwise) has to offer.

Within the call center sector many Italian companies over the years have resorted, to contract with the call center operators, to consulting agreements rather than traditional employment contracts.

One of the hottest topics in Italian media market is the reform of Auditel.

The Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Regulation (435/01/CONS), issued by the Italian Communications Authority, distinguishes between broadcasters, content providers and service providers. The regulation sets out the requirements with which each class of television operator must comply in order to obtain the relevant approval (authorization or licence) from the Ministry of Communications.

The Italian Data Protection Authority ("Authority") with a resolution issued on November 23, 2006 provided a set of guidelines aimed at clarifying following areas...

What happens when a licensee sells goods to a discount store in disregard of a provision in the licensing agreement?

The Legislative Decree No. 6/2003 significantly and positively innovates in the area of Directors’ duties and liabilities in particular about the works of the Board of Directors.

The development of the Internet in Italy begun only in the late 1990s and Internet use has only recently become widespread.

The Italian government introduced, effective on January 1, 2004, a new set of rules to modernize Italian corporate law. These new rules include several provisions which significantly and positively innovate in the area of Directors’ duties and liabilities.