The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog Andorran tobacco leaves (© Guia Andorra, https://en.guiandorra.com/post/the-manufacture-of-tobacco-a-production-full-of-tradition-and-of-great-economic-weight). It should not be […]

Let’s make that clear: if you are an attorney in the European Union, this article is not for you. If […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog So, a million years in the future, an alien lands […]

Pros and cons of the Unitary Patent referred to SMEs and big corporations: all the differences between the classic Patent […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog On 21st December 2021, the General Court (GC), in case T-369/20, […]

On September 9, 2021 in case No. C-783/19, the Court of Justice ruled that the Spanish mark CHAMPANILLO (which means […]

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in (October 2022). For further information, please go […]

The NFT acronym has entered the common lexicon in the last few months thanks to a series of media stunts […]

This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. The Italian philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, […]

This article first appeared in Future of IP 2021 published by Managing Intellectual Property Golf is a game of precision. […]

Strategic guidelines applying to intellectual property are the first detailed provision of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan #NextGenerationItalia. A […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog As you may recall, the CJEU in cases C-449/18P and […]

The article was first published on the WTR Global Leaders 2021 What led you to a career in intellectual property […]

Publicly disclosing an idea before submitting its patent application is one the most common ways of compromising the patentability of […]

You cannot compare apples and oranges, the old say goes, although in the trademark world we can, and truth to […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog The assessment of likelihood of confusion among descriptive marks often […]

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in (May/2021). For further information, please go to […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog We all felt that after the Red Bull decision (Case […]

This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. It is well known that industrial […]

This article first appeared on WTR Daily, part of World Trademark Review, in (April/2021). For further information, please go to […]

On 29 April last, the European Commission, launched a public consultation concerning the review of EU rules on industrial design. […]

One of the most important decisions when licensing a technology covered by a patent or a patent application (herein referred […]

The Italian IP Office has published its draft strategic plan for the period 2021-2023 (find the full text at: https://uibm.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/linee-di-intervento-strategiche-sulla-proprieta-industriale-per-il-triennio-2021-2023) […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog Can the name of a historical, well known place be […]

A.I. has already entered our daily life, even if many of us are still unaware. This may be due to […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog In the assessment of the similarity of signs, visual, phonetic […]

The article was first published on ECTA Bulletin The title of the last novel of the Italian Nobel laureate for […]

This article first appeared in World Intellectual Property Review, published by Newton Media Ltd. When confronted with the question of […]

The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog In our view they should, but the General Court held […]

One of the most challenging decisions to make in licensing or acquiring a patented or patent pending technology (herein referred […]