Court of Milan, 10132/06 - Article 52 Industrial Property Code
Conversion of a European Patent into a national utility model can only be made when the applicant was in a good faith at the time when filing the European application (i.e. it had no knowledge that the patentability requirements of the finding were not met). In this respect a party applying for a European patent based on a priority consisting in a national utility model cannot be deemed to be in good faith.
