1) provision is made for protection of "industrial secrets"
if these have commercial value and are not generally
known to experts and persons in interested circles;
2) the burden of proof is reversed in trials of a claim for infringement of a process patent if the product is new or there is a high probability that the product was made by an infringing process and the plaintiff cannot discover the actual method used by reasonable efforts;
3) importation into Italy of a product manufactured in any WTO-member country will be regarded as being sufficient to comply with the working requirement of Italian patent law so as to prevent the grant of a compulsory license; and
4) changes are made in the procedure for patent litigation to make it easier to obtain certain types of evidence relating to infringement and to interim relief.
2) the burden of proof is reversed in trials of a claim for infringement of a process patent if the product is new or there is a high probability that the product was made by an infringing process and the plaintiff cannot discover the actual method used by reasonable efforts;
3) importation into Italy of a product manufactured in any WTO-member country will be regarded as being sufficient to comply with the working requirement of Italian patent law so as to prevent the grant of a compulsory license; and
4) changes are made in the procedure for patent litigation to make it easier to obtain certain types of evidence relating to infringement and to interim relief.
In a related change applying to design protection, provision is made for payment of renewal fees annually instead of on a quinquennial basis if the owner of the registration so desires.
