In Decision 3639 (13th February 2009) the Supreme Court found that the mark VENUS, registered for cosmetics, and the mark VENUS IV, registered for herbal laxative beverages, were…
The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) recently issued two decisions (42/08 and 45/08) which reversed two IPTO pronouncements rejecting the…
The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent Office recently issued Decision 19/07, which reaffirmed the following principles:
On 1st July 2008 a new search and examination regime for patent applications entered into force, according to which an Italian application filed on or after that date will be…
Le imprese operano per costruire una posizione sul mercato che rifletta i loro sforzi imprenditoriali fondati sulla ricerca, la conoscenza e l’innovazione.
A new agreement between the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) suggests that Italian patent applications could soon be subject to…