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Introduction: The impact on IP owners of a year of Italian reform

August 29, 2012
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It is rare for a developed country to experience as many IP changes as Italy has in the past year. Full examination of patents for the first time, a new trade mark opposition system and new IP courts have fundamentally altered law and practice. The Italy IP Focus this year explains the impact of all of them for IP owners.

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