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giugno

2016

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Court of Cassation rules on patent infringement by equivalence

A recent Court of Cassation decision has affirmed the principle that a variant of a patented invention that is not original over the patent (i.e., does not exceed the technical…

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maggio

2016

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Reformulation of technical problem not permitted during litigation

A recent decision from the Court of Milan confirmed the case law trend that the reformulation of a technical problem solved by a patented invention is inappropriate during legal…

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aprile

2016

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Court rules stylised cowhide symbol can be freely used for leather goods

On January 15 2016 the Court of Milan in Chaussures Eram Sarl v Unic Servizi Srl (Decision 554/2016) confirmed its partial previous decision (Decision 689/2013; for further…

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aprile

2016

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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…

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febbraio

2016

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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…

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13

gennaio

2016

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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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dicembre

2015

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Reformulating patent claims: a reintroduction to new Article 79

In early 2015 the Court of Milan issued several decisions concerning the application of Article 79 of the Industrial Property Code, which was amended in 2010. In some of these…

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dicembre

2015

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Wine and oil do not mix – except in trademark rulings

The Court of Cassation (Civil Division, Section I, April 13 2015, no 7414) recently upheld a Milan Court of Appeal decision holding that, with respect to trademarks, wine and oil…