Intellectual and industrial property law and IT law

The Firm offers assistance, in and out of court, in the field of intellectual and industrial property rights.

In particular, the Firm’s IP practice provides assistance to businesses and professionals in protecting and exploiting their intellectual and industrial property rights, from copyright to trademarks and patents, at national, EU and international level. The Firm’s dedicated team has developed a strong litigation expertise while dealing with IP disputes defending trade secrets, patents, designs, know-how, domain names and all related issues. The Firm assist on a regular basis its clients in the analysis and drafting of contracts for the transfer or license of IP rights and technologies.

The Firm is also particularly active in the field of new technologies and law: Artificial Intelligence, robotics, blockchain e smart contracts. Professor Ruffolo, together with some of the lawyers of the Firm, has been one of the first Italian scholars studying, with a constant and ongoing research activity, the topics of liability derived from the employment of Artificial Intelligence in a wide range of sectors (industrial automation, healthcare, self-driving cars, medical devices), as well as protection of algorithms and related liability for its creator and owner. Therefore, the Firm has the knowledge and expertise to offer qualified and specialized assistance in the field of new technologies in all major sectors.

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25/02/2025

Conference “Intelligenza Artificiale tra diritto e mercato” (“Artificial Intelligence between Law and Market”) - March 13, 2025 - Luiss Guido Carli University

On March 13, 2025, the conference “Intelligenza Artificiale tra diritto e mercato” (“Artificial Intelligence between Law and Market”) organized by the Luiss Guido Carli University of Rome will be held. The event will provide a qualified opportunity to discuss the most relevant legal mediation issues related to the use of new technologies, as well as the impact of the increasingly widespread use of Artificial Intelligence on market prospects.

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02/10/2024

Published volumes “Artificial Intelligence Law” by Ugo Ruffolo and Andrea Amidei

The two volumes “Artificial Intelligence Law. Volume I – Liability. Contract. Regulation. Autonomous Vehicles” and “Artificial Intelligence Law. Volume II – Industrial and Intellectual Property. CorpTech. Predictive justice. Transhumanism. Generative AI. Metaverse” by Ugo Ruffolo and Andrea Amidei, published by LUISS University Press, which inaugurate the series “The Rules of Innovation”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and Prof. Antonio Nuzzo, are now available.

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10/09/2024

Artificial Intelligence and Law Seminar Cycle 2024

Also this year, a cycle of seminars on new technologies, Artificial Intelligence and law, coordinated by Prof. Ugo Ruffolo, will be held as part of the School of Law and the School of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna.

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02/04/2024

“Rights in the platforms" - 3 April 2024 - La Sapienza University of Rome

On 3 April 2024 Prof. Ruffolo will hold a conference on the subject of "rights in platforms" organised by La Sapienza University of Rome - Department of Legal and Economic Studies. The event will constitute a qualified opportunity to discuss the profiles, both public and civil law, of the dialectic between the rights and duties of platforms and users, also with regard to the evolution of European legislation.

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13/11/2023

Artificial Intelligence, Medical Devices and Law - Conference 16 November 2023 - State Attorney General’s Office

On November 16, 2023, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker at the Conference entitled “Artificial Intelligence, Medical Devices and Law” organized by the State Attorney General's Office.

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25/09/2023

The Metaverse: Law in a new dimension? - 27 September 2023 - Permanent Seminar on Intelligent Machines and Law - Luiss Guido Carli University

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, the first of a series of seminar meetings chaired by Prof. Ugo Ruffolo will be held at the Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, during which the many issues of legal mediation related to the use of new technologies and Artificial Intelligence will be discussed.

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19/05/2022

“Fake news and truthful information” - Conference of May 27, 2022 - University of Bologna

On May 27, 2022, Prof. Ugo Ruffolo will participate as a speaker to the International Conference on “Fake news and truthful information – An issue at the crossroad of freedom, liability and take-down powers of providers of online platforms”, organized by the University of Bologna.

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04/10/2021

Seminars on Artificial Intelligence and Law 2021

Also this year, in the months of October, November and December 2021, a cycle of seminars on "Artificial Intelligence and Law" will be held ib Bologna, organized by the School of Law and the Higher School of Legal Studies of Bologna and coordinated by Prof. Ruffolo. The first seminar will be held on October 7, 2021, from 3pm to 5pm.

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22/06/2021

"XXVI lezioni di Diritto dell’Intelligenza Artificiale", edited by Prof. Ruffolo, Giappichelli, 2021

The new book "XXVI lezioni di Diritto dell'Intelligenza Artificiale", edited by Prof. Ruffolo and published by Giappichelli, is now available.

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04/06/2021

AI and Regulation - University of Bologna, 8 June 2021

On 8 June 2021, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker at the webinar organised by Prof. Monica Palmirani (CIRSFID - Alma-AI University of Bologna), which will be dedicated to the topic “AI and Regulation”.

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11/05/2021

Business law and new technologies - LUISS School of Law 13 May 2021

On 13 May 2021, Prof. Ruffolo will participate as a speaker in the webinar dedicated to the topic “Business Law and New Technologies”, organized by the Luiss School of Law within the Research Center Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Infrastructures and Life Sciences (BILL).

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09/04/2021

AI Anthology: Legal, Economic and Social Profiles of Artificial Intelligence - Conference CESIFIN Foundation 19-20 April 2021

On 19 and 20 April 2021, it will be held the conference entitled “AI Anthology: Legal, Economic and Social Profiles of Artificial Intelligence”, organised by the CESIFIN Foundation Alberto Predieri, with the partnership of the Data Protection Authority.

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16/09/2020

Artificial Intelligence, business and advertising - UPA, September 21, 2020

On September 21, 2020 Prof. Ruffolo will take part as a speaker at the webinar organized by UPA - Utenti Pubblicità Associati, titled “Per niente artificiale. A.I. e nuove frontiere per il business e la comunicazione”.

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03/06/2020

Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics

The book “Intelligenza Artificiale – Il diritto, i diritti, l’etica”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and published by Giuffrè Francis-Lefebvre, is now available.

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20/04/2020

Covid-19, contact tracing and privacy

As in China, Singapore and South Korea, a contact tracing app is also being developed in Italy. The app will be able, during the so-called "Phase 2" of the health emergency, to monitor the individual's contacts with infected subjects, based on the recording of the position of the individual’s smartphone with respect to other devices.

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20/01/2020

EPO: an A.I. system cannot be designated as “inventor”

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently refused two patent applications in which an Artificial Intelligence system was designated as the -inventor-.

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25/11/2019

Artificial Intelligence and legal implications in healthcare - Modena, November 25, 2019

The implementation of various forms of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is constantly growing, expanding from automated diagnostics, especially as far as radiology is concerned, to the “robo-surgeon” and “smart” prostheses.

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07/10/2019

Monographic section on “Artificial Intelligence and law” on the law review Giurisprudenza Italiana

The latest issue of the Italian law review “Giurisprudenza Italiana” (issue no. 7/2019) features a vast monographic section on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence and law”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo and Prof. Enrico Gabrielli (University of Rome - Tor Vergata).

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23/09/2019

Innovation in healthcare: the role of Artificial Intelligence

On September 23, 2019 Professor Ruffolo is going to speak at the Convention and Round Table dedicated to the topic “Innovation in healthcare: the role of Artificial Intelligence”, organized by the University of Bari. Several others authoritative experts of the field are going to take part to the event, including physicians, engineers and entrepreneurs.

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24/05/2019

Artificial Intelligence in healthcare: diagnosis and new medical devices

On May 24, 2019 Prof. Ruffolo spoke at the National Convention dedicated to the topics of “Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Imaging”, organized by the Italian Society of Medical Radiology. In particular, Prof. Ruffolo’s speech concerned the complex legal and ethical issues derived from the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in diagnostics, with specific regard to the questions of liability for physicians, hospitals and manufacturers of medical devices.

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10/04/2019

Prof. Ruffolo’s speech at the seminar on "Artificial Intelligence and the law: the case of self-driving cars"

The volume “Intelligenza Artificiale e responsabilità” (“Artificial Intelligence and liability”), authored and edited by Prof. Ruffolo, published by Giuffrè, is going to be presented during the seminar that will be held on April 10, 2019 at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna. Prof. Ruffolo will take part in the seminar, with a speech on liability related to the creation, manufacturing and circulation of automated vehicles.

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15/03/2019

Prof. Ruffolo’s speech at the seminar on "Artificial Intelligence, medical liability and product liability"

On March 2019 Prof. Ruffolo will give a speech at the seminar which will be held at the University of Pavia, on the topic “Artificial Intelligence, medical liability and product liability”.

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28/02/2018

Prof. Ruffolo’s volume on Artificial Intelligence and liability

The volume “Intelligenza Artificiale e responsabilità”, edited by Prof. Ruffolo, is a collection of essays by legal experts and scholars on the topics of the new possible forms of liability connected to the implementation of Artificial Intelligence.

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29/11/2017

Artificial Intelligence and liability – Convention of November 29, 2017 in Perugia

The Convention aims at assessing the relationship between the law and Artificial Intelligence, with specific regard to self-learning machines and advanced robotics and the relevant issues of liability.

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16/09/2016

Prof. Ruffolo’s speech at the Convention on “Government of the Internet and economic development” - Chamber of Deputies, September 16, 2016

The Convention will deal with the issues related to the protection of the individual’s right of access to the internet.

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