Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | |||
Patents/Utility models | Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes, including those for trial or experimental purposes; The preparation of medicinal products performed at the time and for individual cases on the basis of a doctor’s prescription at pharmaceutical laboratories; Necessary experiments and acts to obtaining the administrative commercialization authorization. | Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005) | |
Industrial Designs | Acts performed in private and not for commercial purposes; Acts performed exclusively for trial or experimental purposes; Reproduction for teaching or illustration purposes, subject that such use is loyal and does not affect the usual exploitation of the designs. | Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005) | |
Topographies of Semiconductor Products | Reproduction for the purposes of analysis, assessment or teaching; Creation of a different topography from the analysis or assessment of the registered topography; The effect of protection shall not extend to a person who acquired in good faith a semiconductor product containing a protected topography and distributed without the consent of the topography owner. | Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005) | |
Trade Marks | Trademark holder is not allowed to prohibit the following practices: | Use of his/her own name and address; Indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of the service, or other characteristics of goods or services; The trade mark where it is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts. | Industrial Property Code (Legislative Decree No. 30 of February 10, 2005) |
Copyright | Private copy; Reproduction or communication to the public of current articles, economic, broadcast works or similar; Reproduction or communication to the public of politic and administrative speeches or debates for information purposes; Use of protected works in administrative, parliamentary or judicial processes or for public safety purposes including the elimination of Technical Protection Measures; Total or partial reproduction of a protected work by a Public Museum, Public Library or Public Archives, provided that such use is non-commercial; Reproduction of a 15% of a paper based text work by means of photocopy or similar, subject to a compensation to the author; Temporary reproduction during a technical transmission process; Making available a protected work by a Public Library; Non-commercial use of a work, summaries or quotation with criticising or debating purposes; Non-commercial reproduction in order to make the works available to people with disabilities; Non-commercial reproduction of national hymns; Communication or making available the protected work for researching or studying purposes by libraries, museums, archives or other educative institutions; Reproductions of broadcasts made by social institutions pursuing non-commercial purposes, such as hospitals or prisons. | Law No. 633 of April 22, 1941, for the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights |
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