Gnutti v. Aermec, Court of Appeal Milan (Corte d’Appello Milano), 8 February 2012

A patent can be re-assigned to the legitimate rights holder based on a claim of entitlement under Article 118 Italian IP Code, even when the patented subject matter differs from the invention made by the legitimate rights holder, when such differences do not involve an inventive step.

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