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Today marks the end of this edition of Milan Fashion Week SS2023, which saw colourful dresses with ton sur ton combinations on the catwalk, between similar and complementary nuances, as well as our fashion law column.

On 24 March 2023, the Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the "EUIPO") issued his Decision No. EX-23-2, approving the new edition...

Era il 1864 (pare … poiché la storia, si sa, spesso si fonde con la leggenda) quando un giovanissimo Jasper Newton Daniel, ai più noto semplicemente come "Jack", presentò per la prima volta al pubblico il suo whiskey ...

On June 12 2008 the European Court of Justice issued judgment in O2 Holdings Limited and O2 (UK) Limited v Hutchinson 3G UK Limited [2008] C-533/06 and set out some interpretative principles on the questions of trademark protection and comparative advertising for identical or similar products.

Italy took a step forward toward the prohibition of "ambush marketing" activities with the approval of Legislative Decree no. 16 / 2020, which entered into force on March 14, 2020,...

In recent years, the world of intellectual property has increasingly had to deal with a sensitive issue: the commercial use of indigenous cultural elements.

The Court of Rome sets a landmark precedent by granting an injunction against the creator of NFTs displaying images of a football player, reproducing without authorization the registered trademarks owned by Italian football club Juventus FC.

Negli ultimi anni, il mondo della proprietà intellettuale si è trovato sempre più spesso a confrontarsi con un tema delicato: l'uso commerciale di elementi culturali indigeni.

In Case R 1650/2022-2, the EUIPO's Second Board of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a decision refusing protection to a collective mark under Article 76(1) of Regulation 2017/1001...

On June 23, 2021, Italy's Ministry for Economic Development adopted the "Lines of strategic intervention on industrial property for the years 2021-2023."

In re Laura Food Srl v EUIPO, Bella Tawziaa II SLU ( T‑541/23), the General Court First Chamber maintained that in complextrademarks, the main figurative element cannot per se provide monopoly...

È stato pubblicato dall'Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi ("UIBM") il primo rapporto sull'attività svolta dall'ufficio nel 2021, primo anno dall'adozione delle...

The main changes to patent box regulations stemming from the 2016 Stability Law concern the objective scope of the regulations and the simplification of de-taxation in case of complementary intangible assets.

In its decision of May 11, 2023 (No. 12881), the Italian Court of Cassation stated that the small box used as packaging for Tic Tac mints (marketed by the Ferrero company) is a trademark...

At the end of November 2023, EUIPO and DG TAXUD published their annual report setting out the results achieved in the EU enforcement of IP rights.

Con decisione dell'8 maggio 2023, la Divisione di Cancellazione dell'EUIPO ha fornito importanti chiarimenti sull'uso di un marchio in relazione a specifici prodotti registrati.

La suola rossa del noto brand Christian Louboutin, creata per la prima volta nel 1993 con un semplice smalto