JUDGEMENT OF THE ECJ (First Chamber) of 2 September 2010 - Case C-254/09 P - Calvin Klein Trademark Trust, appellant (trademarks "cK Calvin Klein" and "cK"), appellant vs. OHIM,…
Regulation 33/2010 has come into force, providing implementing regulations for the opposition proceedings as set forth in the Code of Industrial Property. However, in practice,…
On 21st December 2004 Italian company Guccio Gucci SpA started invalidity proceedings (R1757/2007-2) against Community Trademark Registration 2357671 G GLITZY (device), held by…
On 29th October 2009 the Supreme Court issued Decision 22929/09 regarding an appeal filed against a decision of the Italian Trademark Office refusing registration of a…
The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) has issued a decision on validations of European patents by successors to patent owners.
Article 9 of the Code of Industrial Property Rights, in force since March 2005, establishes that a sign consisting exclusively of a shape cannot be registered as a trademark if…
Pierluigi Carangelo, Guido Jacobacci The Republic of San Marino is an independent parliamentary republic and a member of the most important international organisations (eg, the…
Guido Jacobacci, Elena Monte Article 15(1) of the EU Community Trademark Regulation (40/94) requires the owner of a Community trademark to make genuine use of the mark in the…