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gennaio

2016

IAM

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…

10

dicembre

2015

IAM

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

IAM

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…

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novembre

2015

IAM

Sunstar redux: agent’s mistake no excuse for non-observance of renewal deadline

After 10 years of litigation the Court of Cassation recently ruled that an agent’s mistake does not excuse non-observance of a mandatory deadline for paying patent renewal fees.

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ottobre

2015

IAM

Pre-filing disclosure of invention to non-skilled audience may destroy novelty

According to a recently published decision of the Italian Board of Appeal, the level of skill and understanding of an audience to which a pre-filing disclosure is made has little…

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22

luglio

2015

IAM

Is a trademark consisting of two complex Chinese characters inherently distinctive?

A recent Italian Patent and Trademark Office (ITPO) decision to register a trademark consisting of two complex Chinese characters was based on the distinctiveness of two Chinese…

6

luglio

2015

Brevetti

Il nuovo credito di imposta per la R&S

Paolo Ernesto Crippa, Dorotea Rigamonti La Legge di Stabilità 2015 ha riscritto la disciplina del credito d’imposta per investimenti in R&S che ora è riconosciuto:

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luglio

2015

Brevetti

Il Patent Box

Con la legge di stabilità 2015 (L. n. 190 del 23.12.2014) e con il successivo decreto “investment compact” (D.L. n. 3 del 24.01.2015) viene introdotto in Italia un regime…