Pubblicazioni (25)

• Laura Salustri

In a recently published decision (Case 7326 – Decision 03/04, Iniziative Srl v Italian Patent and Trademark Office, September 23 2013) the Board of Appeal issued a ruling…

• Pierluigi Carangelo

In Effe v Stiltende Genius the Court of Milan denied injunctive relief under the doctrine of equivalents to a plaintiff which tried to base an infringement claim on the subject…

• Stella Padovani

In Jägermeister v Zwack (Decision 1249/2013 of January 18 2013, published recently) the Supreme Court ruled that for a composite mark consisting of two autonomously distinctive…

• Matteo Mozzi

A recent decision of the Court of Perugia addressed the criteria for evaluating infringement of a registered design. The judgment confirms the alignment of Italian design law with…

• Stefano Brunazzi

A recent decision of the Court of Turin addressed the patentability of software based solutions involving the user-controlled presentation of information. The judgment encompassed…

• Catherine Piani

A recent decision held that the trademarks FORTEZZA (meaning 'fortress') and FORTENZA were not confusingly similar. The decision is inconsistent with other decisions in similar…

• Christian Vanzini

According to a recently published decision (SPA Sperotto v BBM Bolpagni SPA), the Court of Turin has decided to stay judicial proceedings concerning validity and infringement of…

• Gianluigi Borghero

In a case involving the United Kingdom, Italy has confirmed that it will fight strenuously at the EU level in order to protect its geographical indication against infringements,…