Apr 23, 2018 | News, Patents
On March 7, 2018 the EPO published its Annual Report for 2017 which is available on its website (www.epo.org/about-us/annual-reports-statistics/annula-report/2017.html).The report shows a general growth in european patent filings and grants by the EPO, especially in...
Apr 23, 2018 | Copyright, News
On 26 March the Milan Court of Appeal published the decision n. 1543/18 in the Kiko-Wycon case. The Milan Court of Appeal confirmed the 2015 verdict of the First Instance Court, ruling that a combination of features that integrate furniture design (so-called...
Feb 6, 2018 | News, Patents
On 29 June 2017 the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office has amended Rules 27 and 28 of the Implementing Regulations to the European Patent Convention on the patentability of biotechnology inventions, excluding plants and animals exclusively obtained...
Feb 6, 2018 | Copyright, News
On September 7, 2017 the EU Advocate General filed his conclusions in the dispute between VCAST Limited (UK undertaking) and R.T.I. s.p.a. (Case C-265/16).The question referred to the CJEU upon the stay of the proceedings by the Turin Court is about whether or not...
Feb 6, 2018 | Appellations of origin and geographical indications, Distinctive Signs, News
By decision n. 21191 of 13 September 2017, the joint sections of the divisions of the Supreme Court has recognized the competence of the National Ordinary Court for the action taken by Azienda Agricola Salaparuta s.p.a. based on its registered trademark...
Feb 6, 2018 | Competition and antitrust law, Distinctive Signs, News
On December 6, 2017, the European Court of Justice handed down its ruling in the Coty case in Germany.The judgement clarifies the important subject of selective distribution contracts. The Court of Justice has infact confirmed that a contractual clause that prohibits...
