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IP/N/1/ITA/E/1  
 
6 October  2022 
(22-7567)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
ITALY : LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 168 OF JUNE 27, 2003, ESTABLISHING THE SPECIALIZED 
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISIONS OF TRIBUNALS AND COURTS OF APPEALS,  
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 16 OF LAW NO. 273 OF DECEMBER 12, 2002  
(AS AMENDED BY THE DECREE -LAW NO. 1 OF JANUARY  24, 2012)  
Notifying Member  ITALY 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title LEGISLATIVE DECREE NO. 168 OF JUNE 27, 2003, ESTABLISHING THE 
SPECIALIZED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DIVISIONS OF TRIBUNALS AND 
COURTS OF APPEALS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 16 OF LAW NO. 273 
OF DECEMBER 12, 2002 (AS AMENDED BY THE DECREE -LAW NO. 1 OF 
JANUARY 24, 2012)  
Subject matter  Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/ITA/22_6657_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/ITA /22_6657_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Establishment of 12 civil Tribunals and Courts of appeal specialized in industrial and intellectual 
property in accordance with article 16 of the Law of December 12, 2002, n.273. Amendments in 
2012 have increased the number of Courts to 21.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Italian  
Entry into force  12 July 2003  
Other date    IP/N/1/ITA/4 • IP/N/1/ITA/E/1  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  29 September 2022  
Other information  https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/legislation/details/13187  
 
The Italian general legislation on IP is available at the following WIPO link: 
https://wipolex.wipo.int/en/legislation/results?countryOrgs=IT  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Protection of Industrial Property - Italian Patent 
and Trademark Office  
 
Tel:   0039 06 47055678  
Email:   simona.marzetti@mise.gov.it  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  