In a recent decision (judgment of June 8th 2022 in cases T- 26/21, T-27/21 and T28/21) the European Court of Justice had to decide on the possible cancellation of three trademarks of Apple Inc., all having as object the word sign “THINK DIFFERENT”, famous advertising slogan of the Cupertino company. The American company was the […]
The Court of Rome section XVII specialized in corporate matters, with the order of December 16th 2021 made important clarifications in relation to the minimum requirements necessary to protect the trademark of a political party. Giving that there is not a specific discipline on the matter, to this day the jurisprudence provides the possibility for the trademark […]
With the recent sentence of March 14th 2022 no. 8276, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation stated that an advertising slogan referring to particularly well-known trademarks cannot be protected by copyright. The case The case concerned the advertising slogan “500% FIAT”, designed and filed before the SIAE as an original work by someone who was […]
The EUIPO Boards of Appeal has recently decided on a rather complex case (Case R 755/2021-1) having as object the right to register the transfer of the ownership of the trademark “Diego Maradona” no. 2243947 registered in name of the famous football player. The case The case was brought by the company Sattvica, S.A. which asked […]
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day, promoted by WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization. The theme...
