Oct 16, 2024 | Distinctive Signs
There is once more a great deal of talk about the value of historical signs, which our country is full of : recent decisions have reaffirmed the obligation ‘to respect the rules on distinctive signs’ in case of sale or cessation of business. An in-depth article about...
Oct 11, 2024 | Designs and models
Yesterday, 10 October 2024, the EU Council finally approved the renewed acts (Directive and Regulation) that compose the so-called design package, which regulates the protection of industrial designs. This is the last step before it is published in the Official...
Jun 7, 2024 | Advertising, Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies, Copyright, Designs and models, Distinctive Signs, News, Practice areas
It is now online the second episode of Mark Up’s podcast – Il Legale Informa – which once again features Elisabetta Berti and Francesca La Rocca answering key questions about how important are for retailers the tools of intellectual property and the...
Jun 5, 2024 | News, Patents
The Italian Supreme Court has definitively ruled in favour of Piaggio, declaring inadmissible the appeal by Peugeot Motocycles SAS and Peugeot Motocycles Italia against the January 16th, 2023 ruling of the l Court of Appeal of Milan which, in line with the Court of...
May 15, 2024 | Competition and antitrust law, Distinctive Signs, News
Elisabetta Berti and Francesca La Rocca with Luca Moroni and Riccardo Nissotti launch the new podcast Mark Up – Il legale informa – dedicated to the theme of IP in the retail world. With a rich schedule of episodes, starting with the now widespread practice of...
Dec 14, 2023 | Designs and models, News
Upcycling: everyone’ does but few know the legal implications of protecting recognisable brands. This is a growing and ubiquitous phenomenon for which it is important to create culture and information in order to ensure a truly virtuous process and avoid legal...