Regulations implementing the Code of Intellectual Property
The Ministry of Economic Development (http://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/) has finally approved a regulation to implement the Code of Industrial Proprietary to ensure greater protection and simplify procedures in the interests of businesses.
“The systematic reorganization of the provisions on industrial property made by the Industrial Property Code – explained the Minister of Economic Development, Claudio Scajola – is aimed not only at strengthening the competitiveness of Italy, where it assumes a strategic importance for better compete internationally, but also to simplify all the procedures relating to securities of industrial property through the provision of tools to meet the most immediate administrative practices, thereby the contrast of counterfeiting to protect citizens and consumers. “
The regulation responds to the needs of the discipline of filing of applications, instances, methods of enforcement proceedings on the opposition and the business conducted by consultants in industrial property.
The new rules, the result also of comparison with the industrial property consultants directly involved in the procedures for lodging at the General Directorate for Combating Counterfeiting – Italian Patent and Trademark Office, is the result of a common will of the government and users have facilitation procedures in obtaining and managing industrial property titles, in accordance with Community and international law.
The regulation responds to the needs of the discipline of filing of applications, instances, methods of enforcement proceedings on the opposition and the business conducted by consultants in industrial property.
Among the most important aspects are noted:
1. the procedures for filing notice of opposition under Article. 176 C.P.I. and subsequent filings;
2. the convening and conduct of the Register of industrial property consultants enabled;
3. filing on paper and electronically to: applications; instances, deeds, documents and appeals notified; Italian translation of the claims of European patent applications and published texts of European patents granted or maintained in amended form.