The worst damage a trademark could suffer from is counterfeiting, for this reason actions to reduce this phenomenon must be taken. The report on the anti-counterfeiting policies analyzes the actions carried out between 2022-2023 by the Italy’s Second Division of the General Direction for Intellectual Property (Divisione II della Direzione Generale per la Proprietà Industriale) […]
With decision of April 17th 2024, the EU Court definitely rejected the application for registration of the EU trademark PABLO ESCOBAR because considered contrary to public policy and accepted principles of morality. The case and the EUIPO decision On September 30th 2021, Escobar Inc., company founded by Pablo Escobar’s brother, requested the registration of the […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on January 11th 2024 decided upon the interpretation of a rule relating to the use of trademarks of third parties as part of a case pitting the Spanish company owner of the “ZARA” trademark against an information service provider who launched an advertising campaign where the […]
The Cancellation Division of EUIPO has recently decided on the invalidity of the European figurative trademark no. 18118853 having as object the famous Banksy work called “The Flower Thrower”. Banksy’s “Flower Thrower” Trademark The application for invalidity, based on the applicant’s bad faith as well as on the descriptiveness and/or non-distinctiveness of the sign at […]
April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day, promoted by WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization. The theme...
