By judgment of 10.14.2014 n. 42874, the Court of Cassation, Criminal Division, confirmed that it is illegal an indication of “made in Italy” for products that do not originate in this country. The case refers to a packaging of dried mushrooms that bore the words “Italian products” and reproduced on the sidelines of the package, […]
Category Archives: Trademarks & Design
Recovering a domain name on the Internet
It is estimated that in 2020 the ‘com’ will no longer be the leader of the tld, i.e. the part that comes after the “dot” and that identifies a domain name. New .tld (.guru, .gratis, .luxury, etc.) are intended to replace all the old generic domains. Network users will try the products and services of […]
The revaluation of intangible assets
The 2014 Stability Law has dealt with the revaluation of companies’ assets including intangible assets such as trademarks, patents and know how. Often intangible assets, even if maintaining an economic value, are not accounted since they are already amortized. As a consequence, the revaluation, if possible, is an important instrument of optimization of the fiscal […]
The consent to the use of the trademark is always revocable
The holder of a trademark has the right to impede others to use its own brand also after many years that the use thereof had been authorized. In a case recently afforded by the Court of Justice of the European Union (C-661/11 of 19.09.2013) the holder of a trademark had approved for many years that […]