9

November

2016

IAM

The double identity of OSCAR: a trademark and a common term

The Supreme Court recently held that the trademark OSCAR was valid with respect to the film industry and thus gave its owner, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences…

6

November

2013

IAM

It’s a family affair: FAMILYMART and FAMILY MART marks held "conceptually dissimilar"

On 28th June 2013 the Opposition Division of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued its decision in FamilyMart Co Ltd v Litardi Claudio.