Patents and health emergencies: compulsory licenses

The Chamber of Deputies has recently approved, on 19 July 2021, an amendment to the Industrial Property Code, as formulated by the conversion law of the so-called “Simplification Decree” (d.l. no. 77/2021), voting in favor of the introduction of Art. 70bis...

THE LEGAL ADVANTAGES OF CO-BRANDING

Co-branding activities involve the joint use of brands by companies that intend to pursue common objectives. They should be governed by contracts to formalise the economic, practical, legal aspects of the operation, including intellectual property: brand licensing,...

PATENTS AND VACCINES

In recent weeks there has been a lot of discussion on vaccines and whether it makes sense to provide a derogatory regulation of patents for this type of inventions. On this regard, we are pleased to mention the article published in “L’ Economia” of...

MISLEADING ADVERTISING: HOW TO AVOID IT

Thanks to the entrepreneurs, managers and professionals who participated in the webinar organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Monza Brianza, Lodi on Thursday 6 May entitled: Misleading advertising: what is it and how to avoid it? Francesca La Rocca and...

EUIPO and BREXIT

Our Firm has obtained from the EUIPO one of the first rulings on the subject of conflict between European trademarks and UK trademarks after Brexit. This was address in the ruling on 8 April 2021 in case R2212/2020-1, in which the Board of Appeal found that a UK trade...