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March
2017
Chemical intermediates: patentability and infringement under the doctrine of equivalents
The Supreme Court has written the final chapter in a long-running litigation between Industriale Chimica and Bayer in connection with the production of drospirenone when it ruled…
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January
2017
International report - Patronymic trademarks in the fashion industry: what’s in a name?
In the fashion industry it is common to use and register the name of a designer as a trademark. But what happens when a designer assigns his or her company's IP assets, including…
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December
2016
When employment contracts are silent: remuneration for employees' inventive activities
The Court of Cassation (Italy's highest court) recently issued a decision concerning whether a scientific director who contributed to an invention but whose employment contract…
9
November
2016
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…
12
October
2016
Court of Cassation clarifies management of simultaneous validity and infringement proceedings
A recent Court of Cassation decision has affirmed the principle that when separate infringement and invalidity proceedings are pending simultaneously, the court managing the…
6
April
2016
Foreign patent office decisions accepted as evidence of rights reinstatement
The Italian Board of Appeal recently held that the conclusions of foreign national patent offices are relevant evidence when evaluating whether a patent owner seeking the…
10
February
2016
Right to fair reward for employee inventor
A recent decision of the Court of Milan addressed the right to a fair reward which is available, in certain circumstances specified by patent law, to an employee working within…
13
January
2016
Appeal board confirms similarity of hairdressing products and services
In a recently published decision (Case 7416, Decision 33/2015) the Italian Board of Appeal issued its ruling on an appeal filed by Sebastiano Cardillo Ciccione requesting reversal…
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