29 May 2019
Influencer Marketing: the "Digital Chart" is now part of the Italian Code of Marketing Communication Self-Regulation
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From 29 April 2019 the so-called "Digital Chart" is finally part of the Italian Code of Marketing Communication Self-Regulation thus becoming binding - and no longer a mere guideline - towards subjects and entities that ...

22 May 2020
General Court “shades” some light on 3D trademark registration
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In a judgment dated 26 March 2020, the General Court clarified the elusive question of the registration of signs consisting of the shape of the product as trademarks.

15 February 2021
Main Italian Ticket Operator fined €10.9 million for abuse of dominant position
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On 22 December 2020, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) issued an important decision fining CTS Eventim €10.9 million for having implemented an unlawful exclusive strategy in the Italian market of pop music events ...

05 May 2020
Italy: An Updated Look at the Retail Sector
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Further to our previous update, on April 26 the Italian President of the Council of Ministers issued a further Decree to specify the measures for the containment of the COVID-19 emergency, the so-called "Phase Two".

30 January 2020
Italy revokes fiscal measure in favour of retail leases
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With the approval of the financing provision for 2020, Italy has revoked a fiscal measure introduced in 2019 in favour of retail leases. The measure (called "cedolare secca") was introduced last year, with art. 1, comma ...

29 May 2020
Italy: Law Decree 19 May 2020, no. 34 - "Relaunch Decree": measures for enterprises
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The health emergency in Italy following the coronavirus (COVID-19), and the related economic crisis, has also had important consequences from a tax point of view.

24 March 2020
COVID-19 in Italy: A Retailer's Perspective
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On 22 March the Italian President of the Council of Ministers issued the "Close Italy" ("Chiudi Italia") Decree no. 18/2020 in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic. This implemented even more radical and stringent ...

30 June 2020
New Italian legislation on ambush marketing
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On 13 May 2020, the Italian law converting Law Decree no. 16 of 11 March 2020, containing "Urgent provisions for the organization and holding of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games Milan Cortina 2026 and the ATP ...

01 May 2019
Italian hotel market at a glance: facts & figures
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Italy occupies a leading position in the Italian hotels market. Partner, Antonella Ceschi, highlights some of the key facts & figures that characterise this appealing market.

01 May 2019
Italian hotel market at a glance: interview with Michele De Marco, Senior Vice President, JLL
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Antonella Ceschi takes a look at the Italian hotel market with Michele De Marco, Senior Vice President in Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) Hotel & Hospitality Group, based in Milan.