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September
2009
Protecting the shape of a product
Article 9 of the Code of Industrial Property Rights, in force since March 2005, establishes that a sign consisting exclusively of a shape cannot be registered as a trademark if…
15
July
2009
The Republic of San Marino and IP rights
Pierluigi Carangelo, Guido Jacobacci The Republic of San Marino is an independent parliamentary republic and a member of the most important international organisations (eg, the…
20
May
2009
Obligation to use registered Community trademark registrations
Guido Jacobacci, Elena Monte Article 15(1) of the EU Community Trademark Regulation (40/94) requires the owner of a Community trademark to make genuine use of the mark in the…
25
March
2009
Court finds VENUS and VENUS IV marks to be confusingly similar
In Decision 3639 (13th February 2009) the Supreme Court found that the mark VENUS, registered for cosmetics, and the mark VENUS IV, registered for herbal laxative beverages, were…
11
February
2009
IPTO Board of Appeals rules on validation application submitted by successor to patent owner
The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) recently issued two decisions (42/08 and 45/08) which reversed two IPTO pronouncements rejecting the…
19
November
2008
Restitutio in integrum: a recent Board of Appeals decision
The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent Office recently issued Decision 19/07, which reaffirmed the following principles:
30
July
2008
EPO prior art searches now apply to national patent applications
On 1st July 2008 a new search and examination regime for patent applications entered into force, according to which an Italian application filed on or after that date will be…
30
January
2008
New EPO agreement signals the start of prior art searches
A new agreement between the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) suggests that Italian patent applications could soon be subject to…
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