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IP/N/1/ITA/P/4  
 
6 October  2022 
(22-7569)  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 : MINISTERIAL DECREE CONCERNING NEW EXAMINATION PROCEDURES FOR 
INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS  
WHICH DESIGNATE ITALY - DATED 13TH NOVEMBER 2019  
Notifying Member  ITALY 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Ministerial Decree concerning new examination procedures for international 
applications for patents and utility models which designate Italy - Dated 
13th November 2019  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
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_6659_00_e.pdf  
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/ITA /22_6659_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  
 
New procedure concerning the entry of the international patent (or utility model) application in the 
national phase when Italy is a designated country regardless of the designation of the European 
Patent Organization.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Italian  
Entry into force  14 November 2019  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  29 September 2022  IP/N/1/ITA/6 • IP/N/1/ITA/P/4  
 
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  Other information  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.  