EUIPO Board of Appeal decision R 0005/2024-3 addresses a significant issue in Community design law, clarifying the evidentiary requirements for proving that a design has been disclosed. The Case On October 26, 2018, a company filed a Community design application, which was later transferred to another company. On September 22, 2022, the latter filed a […]
On July 3, 2024, the Italian Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy issued a decree on historical trademarks of national interest in implementation of Article 7, paragraph 5 of Law No. 206/2023 on Made in Italy. Initially, it is important to highlight that “historical trademarks of national interest” refer to those marks “registered for at […]
By judgement issued on May 15th 2024, the Court of Rome declared the invalidity of the “Taffo” trademark, marking a turning point in a long family dispute. The case originates from issues related to the ownership of the trademark, used for decades by the Taffo family, active in the field of funeral services. The trademark, […]
The recent case involving Société du Tour de France against the German fitness studios chain FitX has reignited the debate on the risk of confusion between similar trademarks in the context of EU law. The issue concerned the registration of the figurative trademark “TOUR DE X”, requested by FitX Beteiligungs GmbH on May 2017 for […]
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day, promoted by WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization. The theme...
