Pubblicazioni (24)

• Alessandra Naia

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…

• Elena Comoglio

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…

• Miriam Mangieri

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…

• Luca Cristinelli

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…

• Gianpiero Coccia

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…

• Agatino Savoca

A recent Court of Cassation decision has affirmed the principle that when separate infringement and invalidity proceedings are pending simultaneously, the court managing the…

• Alessandro Pero

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…

• Davide Rondano

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…