Publications

Protecting the shape of a product

alberto.velo@visiant.it (A.Velo) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:00 GMT

09/09/2009 - Elena Monte

Board of Appeals rulese on the validation of European patents by successors to patent owners

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:10:00 GMT

30/09/2009 - Edgardo Deambrogi

EPO prior art searches now apply to national patent applications

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:09:00 GMT

30/07/2008 - Edgardo Deambrogi

IPTO Board of Appeals rules on the validation of European patents by successors to patent owners

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:16:00 GMT

11/02/2009 - Edgardo Deambrogi

New EPO agreement signals the start of prior art searches

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:20:00 GMT

30/01/2008 - Edgardo Deambrogi

Court finds VENUS and VENUS IV marks to be confusingly similar

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:23:00 GMT

25/03/2009 - Guido Jacobacci

Restitutio in integrum a recent Board of Appeals decision

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:26:00 GMT

19/11/2008 - Guido Jacobacci

Obligation to use registered Community trademark registrations

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT

20/05/2009 - Guido Jacobacci, Elena Monte

Supreme Court on protection of three-dimensional trademarks

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:34:00 GMT

09/12/2009 - Patrizia Franceschina

IAM - PLC GJ - The Republic of San Marino and IP rights - 20090715.pdf

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:43:00 GMT

15/07/2009 - Pierluigi Carangelo, Guido Jacobacci

La Protezione del Design Industriale in Italia

web@jacobacci.com (Administrator Account) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:49:00 GMT

30/03/2008 - Elena Monte

Board rules on confusingly similar device marks based on copyright protection

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:29:00 GMT

10/03/2010 - Eleonora Carrillo

Italian opposition proceedings - from utopia to reality

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:51:00 GMT

19/05/2010 - Elena Monte - Managing Intellectual Property

ECJ rejects Calvin Klein opposition action

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:36:00 GMT

29/09/2010 - Guido Jacobacci - Intellectual Asset Management

Advocate general opines on scope of Community trademark court rulings

fsolinas@jacobacci.com (Fulvio Solinas (admin)) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:43:00 GMT

10/11/2010 - Guido Jacobacci - IAM Weekly

Commissioned designs: an oral contract is not worth the paper it is not written on

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:29:00 GMT

9/2/2011 - Elena Monte - IAM Weekly

Trademark appeal Court approves registration of Greek letter

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:46:00 GMT

23/02/2011 - Guido Jacobacci - IAM Magazine

La preclusione per tolleranza

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:51:00 GMT

1/4/2011 - Sergio Mulder
Considerazioni alla luce dell’opinione dell’Avvocato Generale del 3 febbraio 2011 nella causa “Budweiser”

An overview of trademark oppositions

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:54:00 GMT

13/04/2011 - Franca Acuto - IAM Weekly
For many years Italy has lacked a trademark opposition procedure. Although efforts to introduce such a system have been ongoing for more than five years, implementation finally seems to be close.

Oppositions explained

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (host)) — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:26:00 GMT

29/4/2011 - Guido Jacobacci, Carlo Alberto Demichelis - MIP
Italy’s road towards introducing a trade mark opposition system has been a long one but its implementation could be close

Tailandia - Imprese in franchising

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:19:00 GMT

30/5/2011 - Sergio Mulder
La trascrizione di contratti di licenza d'uso di marchi diventerà obbligatoria in caso di franchising

La decadenza per mancato uso

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:36:00 GMT

24/6/2011 - Sergio Mulder
L’articolo 24 CPI contrasta con la Direttiva 2008/95/CE del Parlamento Europeo e del Consiglio del 22 ottobre 2008 sul ravvicinamento delle legislazioni degli Stati membri in materia di marchi d’impresa

Comments on the Max Planck’s study

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:01:00 GMT

29/6/2011 - Eleonora Carrillo - IAM Weekly
Preliminary comments on the study of the Max Planck Institute on the overall functioning of the European trade mark system

Domain names: reform or revolution ?

fsolinas@jacobacci.com (Fulvio Solinas (admin)) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:01:00 GMT

10/8/2011 - Massimo Introvigne - IAM Magazine
The introduction of the new generic top level domains will significantly change how we look at domain names, and will be accompanied by several other reforms

Interpreting the provisions governing the registration of names as trademarks

fbollei@jacobacci.com (Franco Bollei (admin)) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:49:00 GMT

29/9/2011 - Patrizia Franceschina - IAM Weekly
In a recent decision the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed that the General Court had correctly interpreted Article 8(3) of the Italian Code of Industrial Property

Patent Office launches examination of national applications

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:19:00 GMT

2/11/2011 - Edgardo Deambrogi - IAM Weekly
The Italian Patent and Trademark Office introduced examination proceedings for those national patent applications for which a search report and a preliminary patentability opinion has already been issued.

Re-establishment of rights and validation of European patents in Italy

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:56:00 GMT

7/3/2012 - Valeria Fassio - IAM Weekly
A recent decision of the Board of Appeal of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has introduced a more liberal interpretation of the re-establishment of rights following a missed deadline for filing an Italian translation of a European patent in connection with validation of the patent in Italy

Preliminary declaration of non-infringement introduced – but with limitations

ffassio@jacobacci.com (Franco Fassio (admin)) — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:49:00 GMT

9/5/2012 - Francesco Chimini - IAM Weekly
Article 120 of the Industrial Property Code was amended by Legislative Decree 131/2010 and now explicitly allows for a declaration of non-infringement in certain circumstances. Such a declaration could previously be issued only during the main judgment.