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maggio

2017

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A tale of statues and camels: mass-produced items eligible for copyright protection

On March 23 2017, the Court of Cassation, the highest Italian court, upheld an appeal filed by Italian company Thun Spa against a 2012 judgment of the Venice Court of Appeal,…

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aprile

2017

IAM

CLINIQUE: reputation alone may not cure trademark's inherent weakness

In a recently published decision (Civil Division, Section I, December 7 2016, no 25168) the Court of Cassation held that although the trademark CLINIQUE was well known in the…

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marzo

2017

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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…

Jacobacci & Partners per IAM

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gennaio

2017

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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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dicembre

2016

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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…

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novembre

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…

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ottobre

2016

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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…

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agosto

2016

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Claimed ranges and patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalents

In the recently published decision of Geratherm Medical AG v Gima SPA (Decision 12657/2015) the Court of Milan ruled that patent pro- tection for a numerical range of values…