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Italy is a member of the Paris Union International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (patents and trademarks) to which the United States and about 85 other countries adhere. U.S. citizens generally receive national treatment in acquiring and maintaining patent and trademark protection in Italy. After filing a patent application in the United States, a U.S. citizen is entitled to a twelve-month period within which to file a corresponding application in Italy and receive rights of priority- the benefit in Italy of the first U.S. filing date. Patents are granted for twenty years from the effective filing date of application and are transferable. U.S. authors can obtain copyright protection in Italy for their work first copyrighted in the United States merely by placing on the work, their name, date of first publication, and the symbol (c).
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By early 2005 broadband growth in Italy was among the fastest in Europe. There are extensive DSL and cable networks, and increasing emphasis on greater access speed, which will be the foundation for the country’s take up of triple play offerings in 2006 and 2007. Fibre is ... extensive in densely populated cities, and has provided for some of Europe’s most mature IPTV offerings. The Italian TV market is characterised by a high number of Free-to-Air (FTA) TV channels, mostly provided by RAI, the national public broadcaster, and Mediaset, the private broadcaster. There are some 600 other regional broadcasters with content available. Satellite TV is the main pay TV platform, This report from Paul Budde analyses Italy’s broadband infrastructure and triple play offerings in 2005 and early 2006, and provides an overview of the country’s FTA, digital terrestrial TV, cable and satellite pay TV markets.
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Except for the Po and Adige, Italy has only short rivers, among which the Arno and the Tiber are the best known. Most of Italy enjoys a Mediterranean climate; ... that of Sicily is subtropical, and in the Alps there are long and severe winters. The country has great scenic beauty—the majestic Alps in the north, the soft and undulating hills of Umbria and Tuscany, and the romantically rugged landscape of the S Apennines. The Bay of Naples, dominated by Mt. Vesuvius, is one of the world's most famous sights.
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Italy ... has two independent countries within its borders. Vatican City is the center for the Roman Catholic Church, and is the world's smallest country. San Marino, on the north east coast of Italy, is an independent republic.
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Italy began to industrialize late in comparison to other European nations, and until World War II was largely an agricultural country. However, after 1950 industry was developed rapidly so that by the 1990s industry contributed about 35% of the annual gross domestic product and agriculture less than 4%. The principal farm products are fruits, sugar beets, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, soybeans, grain, olives and olive oil, and livestock (especially cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats). In addition, much wine is produced from grapes grown throughout the country. There is a small fishing industry.
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In May 2006, WorldSpace Italia received approval from the Italian Ministry of Communications to launch a subscription-based satellite radio service in Italy, utilizing 12.5 MHz of the L-band frequency spectrum, the only frequency band harmonized for satellite radio over Europe. Today, WorldSpace, Inc. has two operational satellites that cover nearly two-thirds of the world's population. Its AfriStar(TM) satellite covers Europe, Africa and the Middle East. WorldSpace's strategy is to roll out a European service on a sequential, country-by-country basis, beginning with Italy. A third satellite, already built and in storage in Toulouse, France, is expected to provide additional capacity over Europe, enabling consumers to have access to approximately 50 channels per country of diversified sports, talk and commercial-free music programming at the service's maturity.
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