Following welcomes from Ann Ford (Chair of the US Trademark, Copyright and Media Practice) and Ruth Hoy (Co-Chair of the Fashion, Retail and Design Group), we were taken on a whistlestop global tour, stopping along the way at: the Ninth Circuit's findings on copyright misuse in Omega v Costco (Gina Durham, Chicago), new advantages for brand owners entering the Italian franchising market (Giangiacomo Olivi, Milan), options for businesses using a designer's name as… [read post]

. *** This is an extract from the chapter “Artificial Intelligence: context, perspectives and boundaries between different rights” by Giangiacomo Olivi, soon to be published in the volume “AI Anthology: legal, economic and social aspects of artificial intelligence” by Ginevra Cerrina Feroni, Carmelo Fontana and Edoardo Raffiotta and edited by Il Mulino. [read post]