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Italy
K&L Gates
The Italian Supreme Court recently issued a decision addressing whether the Vespa shape, already protected under copyright, was precluded from registration as a 3D mark.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 13 September 2023, the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Intellectual Property Office rejected the application for registration of a figurative representation of a virtual firearm, ...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) confirmed that as of 1 February 2023, the amendments to the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) have entered into force.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
With Notice No. 26/2023 published on 19 September 2023, the World International Property Organisation amended several provisions of the Regulations under the Protocol ...
Trevisan & Cuonzo
La suola rossa del noto brand Christian Louboutin, creata per la prima volta nel 1993 con un semplice smalto
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 14 March 2023, the Italian Supreme Court issued its decision No. 7378/2023 (Chantecler S.p.A. v Gens Aurea S.p.A.) on selective distribution systems and trademark exhaustion.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 23 March 2023, the Italian Supreme Court issued its Order No. 8396 on the determination of equitable damages. The Supreme Court recalled that the application...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 20 March 2023, the Italian Supreme Court issued its decision No. 7937/2023 (Consorzio per la tutela del Formaggio Pecorino Romano DOP v Formaggi Boccea S.r.l.) on the validity...
European Union
Trevisan & Cuonzo
A fine novembre, l'EUIPO e la DG Fiscalità e Unione Doganale hanno pubblicato il report annuale relativo ai risultati ottenuti nella tutela dei diritti IP da parte dell'Unione Europea.
Trevisan & Cuonzo
At the end of November 2023, EUIPO and DG TAXUD published their annual report setting out the results achieved in the EU enforcement of IP rights.
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Fino ad oggi la legislazione europea si è preoccupata di tutelare le ‘eccellenze locali' soltanto in relazione ai prodotti agroalimentari, i vini e le bevande spiritose, ma da domani anche...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 1 February 2023, the General Court of the European Union (GC) issued two decisions in cases T-568/21 and T-596/21 (Harbaoui v EUIPO and Google) concerning the application...
Trevisan & Cuonzo
With decision of May 8, 2023, the EUIPO Cancellation Division provided relevant clarification concerning the use of a trademark in relation to specific registered goods.
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Con decisione dell'8 maggio 2023, la Divisione di Cancellazione dell'EUIPO ha fornito importanti chiarimenti sull'uso di un marchio in relazione a specifici prodotti registrati.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 26 July 2023, the EU General Court handed down its decision in case T-591/21 (Apart sp. z o.o. v EUIPO) concerning the registrability of the shape of a teddy bear as an EU trademark.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
In February 2023, the General Court of the European Union (GC) handed down its decisions in cases T-253/22 and T-204/22 (Groschopp AG Drives & More v EUIPO and Rimini Street, Inc. v EUIPO)...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 15 September 2023, the Examination Division of the European Intellectual Property Office rejected an application for a European trademark registration of a figurative mark ...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 9 October 2023, the EU Council approved the new Regulation on Geographical Indication protection for craft and industrial products as adopted by the Parliament on 12 September 2023.
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 8 March 2023, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued its decision on the refusal of Application No. 018647205 filed by Burberry Limited for a European Union...
Orsingher Ortu – Avvocati Associati
On 8 March 2023, the General Court of the European Union (the "GC") handed down its decision in case T-372/21 (Sympatex Technologies GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property...
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