General Guidelines on the Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights on the Site

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All the contents of this website are the exclusive and reserved property of the owner and/or its assignees and/or third parties where indicated, and are protected by current national and international regulations on the protection of Intellectual and/or Industrial Property rights.

The term “Site” is intended to refer to any content and technical-informatic element on which the Site is based, including, by way of example but not limited to, the software that enables its operation and related codes, electronic databases, texts, photographs, animations, audio and video files regardless of format, reproductions of trademarks, logos, etc., the technical solutions adopted, the graphic designs, the structure and any other part already created or to be created.

The term “Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights” relating to the Site is intended to refer to the set of rights recognised and protected by current national and international regulations, including – by way of example but not limited to – the following in respect of all the countries of the world and without limitation – all rights deriving from patents (including the right to file the relative application), present or future copyrights, company and/or service trademarks (whether registered or used de facto by the Owner), brands, trade names, companies, knowhow, domain names, databases and all relative applications.

The term “Materials” is intended to refer to any content of the Site represented – by way of example but not limited to – by texts, images, graphics, files, software of any kind, audio and video material, virtual animations, multimedia and/or hypertextual elements, regardless of the formats, media containing them, extension (by way of example but not limited to: mp3, wav, jpg, mpeg, gif, doc, etc.), size, versions in use, and techniques used for their distribution and/or transmission.

The Materials published on the Site may not be used without having obtained prior written authorisation from the Owner and/or the rightful owners, who expressly reserve all forms of reproduction and use and – where such authorisation is not unreasonably withheld in writing – shall in any case:

1. remain in their original format and, if reproduced, shall always bear the proprietary or copyright or authors’ notice;
2. not to be used, in any capacity and for any purpose, for profit;
3. cite the source, author and/or rights holder of the Materials and the web address from which they were taken;

The use in any way and for any reason of Materials represented by legal texts (e.g.: notices, contractual conditions, etc.) published online on the Site is strictly prohibited. Any violation will be prosecuted in accordance with the law. For the inclusion of materials published on the Site collections and/or anthologies – even digital – the written authorisation of the Owner must be requested.

Reproduction of articles, news items and press reviews

The reproduction and use of the articles contained in the “News” section of the Site must comply with the provisions of Articles 65 and 101 of Law no. 633 of 22 April 1941, as amended and supplemented, which provide: (art. 65) “news articles of an economic, political or religious nature, published in magazines or newspapers, or broadcast or made available to the public, and other material of the same nature may be freely reproduced or communicated to the public in other magazines or newspapers, including radio and television, if the reproduction or use has not been expressly reserved, provided that the source from which they are taken, the date and the author’s name, if given, are indicated”; (art. 101) ” the reproduction of information and news is lawful as long as it is not carried out with the use of acts contrary to honest journalistic practices and as long as the source is quoted. “

Electronic databases

All rights to any electronic databases that may be present and accessible on the Site are reserved. Unless otherwise provided for, extraction, reproduction and any other use is prohibited, within the limits of the provisions of articles 64-quinquies and 64-sexies of Law no. 633 of 22 April 1941 and subsequent amendments and additions. On this point, please note that pursuant to Article 102-ter of the aforementioned law, the lawful user of the electronic database made available to the public may not cause prejudice to the owner of the copyright or of another related right relating to works or performances contained in such database. Furthermore, the lawful user of a database made available to the public in any way may not carry out operations that are contrary to the normal operation of the database or that cause undue prejudice to the maker of the database. Activities of extraction or re-utilisation of insubstantial parts, evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively, of the contents of the database for whatever purpose carried out by the lawful user are not subject to the authorisation of the creator of the database made available to the public for any reason.

Trade marks, domain names and other distinctive signs

Trademarks, trade names, logos, domain names and any other distinctive signs, as well as all content, text, images, software on this site, colour combinations, selection of structure, management and presentation of its contents are the exclusive property of the owner and/or its partners or assignees.

They may not be used – for any purpose whatsoever – without prior written consent. The distinctive signs published here may not be used as Internet addresses and/or domain names for other websites, or as parts of such addresses and domain names, without prior written consent.

All intellectual and industrial property rights as provided for by national and international sector regulations are expressly reserved by the owners. In the event of infringement, the authors will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

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For any clarification on the use of the Materials available on the Site and/or on the regime of Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights, please contact the manager Paolo Tagliabue at info@bluewavebelow.com

The Materials published on the Site have been carefully screened and analysed, and have been processed with the utmost care. However, errors, inaccuracies and omissions are possible. With the exclusion of professional legal services provided on-line, the Owner cannot be held responsible – with reference to the Materials freely available on the Site – for errors and omissions nor for any reliance the user may place on the Materials.

Unless otherwise provided for, the information contained in the Materials is of an informative and updating nature only and is not exhaustive, nor may it be construed as an expression of an opinion or an indication or assumption for the purpose of making decisions. The Owner may not be held responsible for any action or omission made by users as a result of the use of the information contained in the Materials without having asked the Owner in advance for a specific investigation or opinion on the matter.

The user undertakes to scrupulously comply with the conditions of use of the Materials available on the Site and to respect all Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights relating thereto. The user shall be liable on his/her own behalf for any illicit or damaging acts attributable to him/her, also granting the widest indemnity to the Owner in the event that his/her behaviour in violation of national and/or international regulations for the protection of Intellectual and/or Industrial Property – referred to herein in full and applicable as far as not expressly provided for – damages the rights of third parties in general.