ip portfolio management

17

February

2021

Patents

IP Portfolio Management: An International Case by Jacobacci & Partners

The challenges of IP portfolio management can vary from business to business. The assets in an IP portfolio and how they work together are unique to the activities and goals of a…

registered community design

16

December

2020

Patents

Registered Community Design: Why it's important and how to do it

What is a Registered Community Design? A Registered Community Design (RCD) refers to the exclusive industrial design right of an intellectual property owner to use a visual design…

6

November

2019

IAM

Supreme Court rules that Italian patent can survive when parallel European patent is rejected

Clarifying previous case law, the Supreme Court has stated that when two semi-identical European and Italian patents exist for the same invention and the European patent is…

10

December

2014

IAM

Registered designs can now include slogans

A recent decision of the Italian Board of Appeal confirms that designs, including slogans, may be registered as ornamental models. The board explained that within the context of a…