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From September 27, 2026, amendments will come into force aimed at penalizing misleading information on environmental issues. For our purposes here, misleading environmental claims are punishable, consisting in any message or representation in any form, including text, images, or trademarks, that suggests a positive impact that does not exist. Other untrue claims include promises of future or unprovable positive environmental [...]

In innovative companies, the assets that drive true success—such as trademarks, patents, and proprietary processes—often don't appear in traditional accounting. While enterprise value was once primarily tied to physical assets (machinery and real estate), today over 90% of company value is comprised of intangible assets. Companies with active patents achieve 30-50% higher valuations in acquisitions than competitors without documented IP; [...]

The Italian Court of Cassation has confirmed that the "CE" (China Export) logo affixed to toys intended for the European market, which differs from the CE (European Community) logo only by the slightly greater distance between the two letters, written in the same font, constitutes a crime under Article 515 of the Criminal Code (commercial fraud), since the European marking [...]

Argentina is moving toward a major overhaul of its IP system following the signing of the U.S.–Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment (ARTI) on February 5, 2026. The country has committed to joining key international treaties—including the PCT in 2026 and the Madrid and Hague Systems by 2027—and to modernizing patentability criteria and enforcement mechanisms. These reforms are set [...]