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dicembre

2009

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Supreme Court rules on protection of three-dimensional trademarks

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…

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settembre

2009

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Board of Appeals rules on the validations of European patents by successors to patent owners

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.

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settembre

2009

IAM

Protecting the shape of a product

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…

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15

luglio

2009

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The Republic of San Marino and IP rights

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…

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20

maggio

2009

IAM

Obligation to use registered Community trademark registrations

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…

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25

marzo

2009

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Court finds VENUS and VENUS IV marks to be confusingly similar

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…

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11

febbraio

2009

IAM

IPTO Board of Appeals rules on validation application submitted by successor to patent owner

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…

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19

novembre

2008

IAM

Restitutio in integrum: a recent Board of Appeals decision

The Board of Appeals of the Italian Patent Office recently issued Decision 19/07, which reaffirmed the following principles: