Sep 17, 2018 | Advertising, News
The Giurì dell’Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, with Decision n. 45/2018 dated 26 June 2018 (the reasoning of which has been recently become known), has for the first time affirmed that an endorsement of a well known trademark (in this case Peugeot) by an influencer on...
Sep 17, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 12 September 2018 the European Parliament approved, with important tweaks, the proposal for a directive on Copyright law of the Committee on Legal Affairs of June 2018 The more debated amendments regard Articles 11 and 13. Art. 11 on the ‘protection of press...
Jul 6, 2018 | News, Patents
The decision n. 3165/2018 has been published on 27 June 2018 in a proceedings in which an inventor employee has been assisted by Studio Legale Sena e Tarchini against the employer company belonging to a multinational group. It has confirmed that the employer company...
Apr 23, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 26 March the Milan Court of Appeal published the decision n. 1543/18 in the Kiko-Wycon case. The Milan Court of Appeal confirmed the 2015 verdict of the First Instance Court, ruling that a combination of features that integrate furniture design (so-called...
Apr 23, 2018 | News, Patents
On March 7, 2018 the EPO published its Annual Report for 2017 which is available on its website (www.epo.org/about-us/annual-reports-statistics/annula-report/2017.html).The report shows a general growth in european patent filings and grants by the EPO, especially in...
Feb 6, 2018 | Appellations of origin and geographical indications, Distinctive Signs, News
By decision n. 21191 of 13 September 2017, the joint sections of the divisions of the Supreme Court has recognized the competence of the National Ordinary Court for the action taken by Azienda Agricola Salaparuta s.p.a. based on its registered trademark...