Pubblicazioni (20)

• Christian Vanzini

An action for declaration of non-infringement may be generally de- fined as an action in which a third party, involved in or anticipating a possible or actual infringement…

• Valeria Croce

The Court of Milan recently held that the text of a European patent application and the applicant’s actions during the prosecution history of the application which sought to limit…

• Francesco Chimini

The Court of Milan recently held that the use of images that are highly similar to those of products shown in a competitor's catalogue constituted unfair competition, and that the…

• Laura Salustri

In its March 21 2016 decision in Trust Monti Fonti and Saldarini 1882 v Arboritanza Gianmarco (807/2013), the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM) used a new approach for…

• Giorgio Long

The Milan Court of First Instance recently addressed the validity of a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) held by Amgen based on a first marketing authorisation in Italy…

• Patrizia Franceschina

On July 5 2017, the Supreme Court of Cassation (Case 16401/17) recognised for the first time that punitive damages may be applied in connection with civil liability under Italian…

• Enrico Eterno

In SI Engineering Srl v Lantek Systems Srl the first instance of the Court of Turin confirmed that, when software ‒ namely a proprietary format for storing both geometrical data…

• Paolo Viscuso

Since2016theItalianPatentandTrademarkOffice(UIBM)hastaken aharshstanceonregistrationsfor‘retailand wholesaleservices’in Class 35. During this time, the UIBM has consistently…