CJEU, C-762/19: the sui generis right of the database maker

Election of INDICAM's Board of Directors

Marco Francetti has been re-elected as a member of the Board of Directors of INDICAM - Istituto di Centromarca per la Lotta alla Contraffazione - for the 2021-2023 period. 

GCEU, T-44/20 (Chanel vs. Huawei): The correct assessment of similarity and likelihood of confusion for trademarks

In a dispute concerning letter marks, the GCEU reminded the correct means for comparing a trade mark application and previously registered trade marks, pursuant to art. 8 of the Trade mark regulation.

CJEU, C-53/20: the notion of "legitimate interest" for the purposes of opposing non-minor amendments to PGI product specifications

Law Firms of the Year 2021 - Il Sole 24 Ore

Our firm has been selected among the Law Firms of the Year 2021 for the "Intellectual Property and TMT" sector by the research conducted by Statista for Il Sole 24 Ore. The research, based on thousands of reports from clients and professionals, aims to identify the excellence of the Italian legal scene. The complete list of award-winning firms is available here. 

GCEU, T-235/20: the GCEU rules on the distinctive character of a slogan

On 20 January 2021, the GCEU on the assessment of registrability of advertising slogans as trademarks under Art. 7 (1)(b) of the EU Trade Mark Regulation

GCEU, T-515/19: LEGO, the validity of a design of toy building blocks

On 24 March 2021, the GCEU issued a ruling regarding the protection of toy building blocks as a design under Regulation 6/2002, also touching on the "modular exception" provided for by the Regulation.

CJEU, C-392/19: embedding a copyright work in a website of a third party through the framing technique may need the right holder’s consent

On 9 March 2021, the EU Court of Justice ruled about the publication of copyrighted works on third parties' websites, clarifying the circumstances in which embedding works from other websites by framing can constitute copyright infringement.

CJEU, C-720/18 and C-721/18: the CJEU on the genuine use of “Testarossa” trade marks in relation to second hand products and spare parts

On 22 October 2020, the Court of Justice issued an innovative judgment about the interpretation of the notion of a trade mark's genuine use

CJEU, C-490/19: the CJEU on the scope of protection of designations of origin where the shape of a protected product is reproduced

On 17 December 2020, the CJEU ruled in this case concerning the PDO protected cheese Morbier, suggesting that also the shape or appearance of the protected good can be relevant if it characterises the good and its reproduction is capable of misleading consumers