Italian court finds Ferrari GTO 250 supercar to be a copyright artwork
Michele Giannino · Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice · 2019
Abstract Court of First Instance of Bologna, Commercial Chamber, Order of 20 June 2019, Case No 3973/2019, Ferrari Spa v Ares Design Modena Srl In the context of interim proceedings, the Court of First Instance (Tribunale) of Bologna found that the Ferrari GTO 250 supercar is protectable because it meets the statutory conditions of artistic and creative value for copyright to subsist in works of industrial design and, accordingly, awarded the Prancing Horse house an interlocutory injunction blocking the marketing of an imitation.