Prof. Riccardo Piselli

• Slides, legislative materials (in particular provisions of the Italian Civil Code), case law, and selected academic readings will be provided during the course and constitute an integral part of the program.
• Students are required to study both the reference textbook and all additional materials discussed in class.

Argomenti del programma: The course covers the main areas of Italian corporate law, structured around four core blocks. The first block addresses the general framework of company law, including the notion of company, its essential elements, and the classification of company types within the Italian legal system.

• Slides, materials, research papers, and case studies may be listed and made available on the e-learning platform and assigned to students on a weekly basis.

Argomenti del programma: The course starts with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws and regulations. It covers the basics of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade-secrets, design, and other IP-related areas of law (such as competition law). It analyses some of the salient controversies in intellectual property law, including the protection for software, datasets and business methods.

• Slides, materials, research papers, and case studies may be listed and made available on the e-learning platform and assigned to students on a weekly basis.

Argomenti del programma: The course starts with an analysis of the competing policies underlying the intellectual property laws and regulations. It covers the basics of copyright, patents, trademarks, trade-secrets, design, and other IP-related areas of law (such as competition law). It analyses some of the salient controversies in intellectual property law, including the protection for software, datasets and business methods.