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ItalianoEvocation of geographical terms of a PDO/PGI. What elements should be taken into consideration?
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog In the past few weeks, almost contemporaneously, two courts cases […]
Italy jurisdiction report: A pair of interesting decisions
This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. The Italian Court of Cassation has […]
A Paler Shade of Orange: A Distinction Without a Difference?
The article was first published on E.I.P.R., Issue 1 © 2019 Thomson Reuters and Contributors Colour trade marks are among […]
EU introduces new SPC manufacturing waiver
This article first appeared in Intellectual Property Focus Europe 2019 published by Managing Intellectual Property What is a supplementary protection […]
Clarity and precision: who decides what they mean?
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog As we all know, the EUTM Regulation 2017/1001 now requires […]
ECJ case law displays nuanced understanding of comparative advertising
This article first appeared in World Trademark Review magazine issue 81, published by The IP Media Group. To view the issue […]
Patents – When artificial intelligence authors the invention
Author: Francesco Ricotta The first applications for invention patents designating artificial intelligence as the inventor have been recently filed with […]
The power of a hashtag
Kim Kardashian and her KIMONO-branded lingerie collection: the social media population “rises” up against their icon. Last 25th June 2019, […]
Bad faith may be found also for different goods or services, says the Court of Justice
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog The EU legislation does not provide for a definition of […]
Lost in translation? Board of Appeal should have considered Italian and Spanish-speaking public
This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in (October/2019). For further information, please go to […]
Italy jurisdiction report: Selective distribution case turns heads
This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. In a decision issued on July […]
Clinical trials may constitute use, but when they do not, then there is no justification for non-use, says the CJEU
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog The concept of genuine use of a trademark should be […]
London, AIPPI WORLD CONGRESS 15-18 September
The president Renata Righetti, Cristina Biggi, Alberto Pelosi and Donatella Prandin will attend the conference
EU offers increasingly interesting market for pharmaceutical trademarks
This article first appeared in World Trademark Review magazine issue 80, published by The IP Media Group. To view the issue […]
Italy jurisdiction report: Trade secrets meet reverse engineering
This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. In May 2018 Italy implemented, through […]
Free speech and trademarks. Could it happen here?
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog Some (among whom, the truly yours) wondered, when in late […]
A closer look at trade dress in the European Union
This article first appeared in World Trademark Review magazine issue 79, published by The IP Media Group. To view the issue […]
Disclaimers, a thing of the past
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog While the new EUTMR 2017/1001 deleted any reference to disclaimers […]
Italy: all colours are the same, but some are more colored than others… and acquired distinctiveness, per se, does not equal reputation/renown.
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog In a recent case decided by the Court of Venice […]
Italy jurisdiction report: Changes to the Italian IP Code
This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. On March 08, 2019, the Legislative […]
General Court: Board of Appeal erred in assessing distinctive and dominant character of first name and surname making up trademark
This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in (June/2019). For further information, please go to […]
An overview of Comparative Advertising. The most significant case law
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here Comparative advertising (comp. adv.) is […]
TASTY, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BE A WORK OF ART. What about copyrighted spices?
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here The Court of Justice of […]
Disclosure of Community Designs. One out of the various angles
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here Art. 6 of Directive 98/91 […]
TESTING THE WATERS EPO: Postponement of the examination for patent applications
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here The EPO recently launched an […]
An approach to the doctrine of equivalents: Amending claims of patent applications
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here The impact that amendments applied […]
Implementing EU directives. A country approach to EU authoritative directions
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here The development of the project […]
TWISTING AND SPINNING. A reputation twister for the well-known SPINNING brand
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here In its judgment of November […]
Protecting fashion shape marks. An obstacle course?
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here Shape is an important factor […]
GDPR and WHOIS: from bad to worse Providing access to data
This article first appeared in Bugnion Journal – To view the Journal in full click here Anyone who was involved in […]