In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, all non-essential industries and activities have been locked down in Italy, and other European countries have taken steps that go in the same direction. Services pertaining to Intellectual Property make no exception.
As a consequence of the restrictive measures adopted by national Governments against the spread of the infection, IP Offices at national, European and International level issued ad hoc provisions aimed at averting adverse impacts on the proceedings falling within their competence and, ultimately, on the protection of the IP rights concerned…
