In the telephony industry, the SEPs (Standard Essential Patents) are numerous and are owned by majors that, thanks to their patents, can afford to put competitors out of business, denying the use of essential standards. How to protect competition In order to avoid this distorting effect the community legislation envisages that SEPs’ owners are obliged […]
Category Archives: Patents & Inventions
Unitary Patent without Spain and Italy
The Court of Justice on April 16, 2013 dismissed the appeal filed by Spain and Italy against the Council’s decision to authorize the so-called enhanced cooperation in the Unitary European patent. The Unitary Patent The Unitary Patent will replace the European patent and will be valid across the European Union. It will no longer be […]
Retail stores become a trademark
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Apple a rather curious trademark. It’s not a name or a logo, rather a store design. The trademark n. 85036990 consists of the layout of an Apple retail store with even wood tables, steel panels and glass windows. It’s likely that Apple convinced the Office […]
Invent!
Whoever is going to govern our country will need to do much more than what has ever been done before for valuing creativity and innovation. Italy possesses a great technologic patrimony that, especially concerning small and medium-sized companies, is not exploited as much as it could or would deserve. The data published by the European […]