Placing a product on the market in a given territory always entails some level of risk of infringement of one or more patents owned by a third party. To reduce this risk, it is…
Nowadays, intellectual property rights are key corporate assets. Yet, being intangible rights, their value is often wrongly underestimated by entrepreneurs.
The Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) will enter into force in less than one year, namely by the end 2022, beginning 2023, bringing about also the application of the…
The work of Jacobacci & Partners, one of the world leaders in the management of intellectual property of Italian and international companies of small, medium and large size, has a…
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…
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…
We often hear about unitary patent, but what exactly is it? Currently patents in Europe are granted through the European Patent Office and have to be validated in many countries,…
In intellectual property, licensing refers to the practice of “granting” (licensor) or “leasing” (licensee) the IP rights of a patent, trademark, copyright or trade secret. A…