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Last update: 07/27/2010
Counterfaiting 27/07/2010
Introduction of a new anti-counterfeiting website
As of 21 July 2010 a new website (www.uibm.gov.it) of the Anti – Counterfeiting Direction of the Italian Trademark and Patent Office has been activated...[More...]
Trade Mark 20/07/2010
The Madrid Protocol enters into force in the State of Israel
From September 1, 2010 the Madrid Protocol will enter into force in the State of Israel...[More...]
Copyright 19/07/2010
Copyright & Italy - Getting the deal through
Trade Mark 12/07/2010
Norway - extension of the opposition period
On July 1, 2010 the new Trademark Act has come into force in Norway...[More...]
Trade Mark 02/07/2010
India: new amendments to the Trade Marks Rules 2002
In May 2010 the amendments made by the Indian Government to the Trade Marks Rules, 2002 came into force... [More...]
Copyright 29/06/2010
DESIGN AND COPYRIGHT IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
By order of 30 April 2009 (case Flos SpA vs. Semeraro Home & Family SpA), the Court of Milan had referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ)...[More...]
Trade Mark 24/06/2010
From the 1st July 2010 it will be possible to file oppositions in Austria
A system of opposition will be introduced from the 1st July 2010 by the Austrian trade marks registration office...[More...]
Copyright 16/06/2010
Vulgarisation of the word “oscar”
The Academy Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, that runs the prestigious film award, sparked a fight in several Countries... [More...]
Copyright 10/06/2010
The Third Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, with judgement No. 20142/2010, confirmed the challenged decision...[More...]
Copyright 17/05/2010
The Karaoke TV is a separate copyright
The First Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court (Case No.11300/2010) recently decided that karaoke that plays music and text without permission violates copyright...[More...]
Rapisardi 14/05/2010
ADR & DN Surveillance: Defence Strategies
The recent exponential growth in the number of registered domain names poses problems for trademark owners worldwide, says Alessandra Ferreri.[More...]
Trade Mark 13/05/2010
Switzerland refuses registration of “Madonna" trade mark
On April 12, 2010, the Federal Administrative Court (FAC) of Switzerland confirmed the decision of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property...[More...]
Patent 03/05/2010
Patent rights pass from researchers to Universities
One of the novelties provided by the Legislative Decree which amends the Italian Industrial Property Code (IPC)...[More...]
Counterfaiting 26/04/2010
IP in Business Transaction 2010-2011
Copyright 14/04/2010
Copyright protection of images on the Internet: photographers bring an action against Google
In the United States photographers and illustrators brought an action against Google in order to protect their copyrights....[More...]
Copyright 12/04/2010
Dental surgeries and the payment of rights related to discography
In the framework of a case pending between SCF Phonographic Association and a dentist, the Court of Appeals of Turin has recently referred... [More...]
Counterfaiting 02/04/2010
A traffic of false Panini picture-cards has been foiled
The provincial command of the Guardia di Finanza of Latina foiled a traffic of false Panini picture-cards from the collection "2009-10 football players"...[More...]
Courts 01/04/2010
The new law on Made in Italy (Act No. 2624 - B, approved on 17 March 2010, but not yet published) punishes with fines the misuse of proper labelling "Made in Italy"...[More...]
Copyright 24/03/2010
Pink Floyd won the lawsuit against the record label EMI... [More...]
Courts 22/03/2010
It has been approved by the Commission for Productive Activities the bill on Made In... [More...]
Legal 15/03/2010
On 10 March 2010 the regulation relating to the implementation of the Code of Industrial Property entered into force...[More...]
Trade Mark 09/03/2010
Two recent decisions on repackaging of medicinal products
The Court of Milan has recently ruled twice on the issue of re-packaging of medical devices imported into Italy from another EU country...[More...]
Internet 05/03/2010
First case of criminal condemnation of Google for publishing contents on the web
The Court of Milan has recently condemned three executives of Google Italy for the publication of a video, which showed a child suffering...[More...]
Trade Mark 03/03/2010
33rd AMERICA'S CUP: ORACLE WINS WITH THE MADE IN ITALY
Double Italian contribution to the recent victory of Team BMW Oracle Racing to the 33rd America's Cup...[More...]
Rapisardi 01/03/2010
Patents in Europe 2010/2011 - Italy
Copyright 26/02/2010
Flos S.p.A., the owner of the Arco lamp designed by Castiglioni brothers in 1962, succeeded before the District Court of Florence...[More...]
Patent 25/02/2010
FROM POLYTECHNIC OF TURIN THE NEW EUROPEAN PATENT
One patent for the whole Europe, able to provide a 360° protection in all countries of the Old Continent...[More...]
Counterfaiting 19/02/2010
THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT ITALIAN LAW ON MADE IN: 46 MILIONS FAKE GOODS SEIZED
Nearly 46 millions of fake goods seized. This is the first result of four months of applying the new standard for the protection of the Made in Italy... [More...]
Counterfaiting 18/02/2010
Filing an application for registration is sufficient to trigger trademark’s criminal protection
A recent decision concerning false Rubik's Cubes (Cass. Pen. 20 November, 2009, no. 4217) stated that filing an application...[More...]
Copyright 11/02/2010
S.I.A.E. equitable remuneration for all supports having a memory
The so called “S.I.A.E. equitable remuneration” will strike also mobile phones, decoder devices, PC, MP3 players, USB flash drives...[More...]
Internet 10/02/2010
Providers are not responsible for illegal downloading of users
A group of film majors in Australia has lost a lawsuit against an Intenet provider accused of allowing users to illegally download films... [More...]
Rapisardi 09/02/2010
Italy - The law and how it affects designers
Italy has long been known for iconic designs and quality craftsmanship: the Arco lamp, the FIat 500, the Vespa, Bialetti coffee pots, Alessi kitchenware, to name just a few...[More...]
Rapisardi 03/02/2010
Italy - A year in intellectual property and a look to the future
Trade Mark 29/01/2010
OHIM: no more paper registration certificates
In the end of December 2009, a decisive step towards reducing the time required for the issuance of certificates has been taken...[More...]
Copyright 25/01/2010
No crime if the pirate software is used by professional firms
In a recent ruling (No. 49385 of December 22, 2009), the Italian Corte di Cassazione decided on the use of programs...[More...]
Counterfaiting 11/01/2010
An anti-counterfeiting task force in Milan
"The goal is always to raise public awareness on the need to fight a phenomenon that, over the last ten years, has increased by 1600%...[More...]
Copyright 23/12/2009
The Service Provider has a surveillance duty if it offers a hosting service
So decided the Court of Rome, ordering to YouTube and Google Video to remove the entire collection of videos on the 10th edition of “The Big Brother”...[More...]
Copyright 21/12/2009
EMI vs. Vimeo: a question of lip dubbing
EMI recently filed a legal action against the online video sharing platform Vimeo for the copyright infringement for allowing its users to upload videos....[More...]
Counterfaiting 17/12/2009
Over 14.000 Gillette razors seized in Venice
With a blitz carried out close to the "Marco Polo" Airport in Venice, on December 12 , 2009, the Italian Guardia di Finanza has discovered... [More...]
Counterfaiting 14/12/2009
New rules for the label "Made in Italy" for clothing
The Italian House of Representative passed, with 543 yes and one no, a bill whose purpose is to introduce a new regulation for the textile, footwear...[More...]
Patent 10/12/2009
Montenegro is the 38th Member State of the European Patent Convention
On November 14, the Montenegro 's law of ratification of the European Patent Convention came into force...[More...]
Counterfaiting 26/11/2009
Confiscations in Rome, found 65,000 fake football team T-shirts
Over 65.000 counterfeited T-shirts of football teams were seized by officers of the Railway Police of Lazio at the end of an operation... [More...]
Trade Mark 20/11/2009
Symbol “Ÿ”: pay attention to how you use it!
A recent German decision reanimated the discussion around the validity of the use of the Ÿ symbol...[More...]
Counterfaiting 11/11/2009
International Anti-counterfeiting Treaty and European reactions
After the consecration of the Sarkozy doctrine concerning Internet disconnections in France and in the light of the rumours about the ACTA...[More...]
Internet 04/11/2009
ICANN announced the possibility to register domain names in non-Latin characters
On October 30, 2009, at the Seoul meeting, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved the use of addresses and web domains in non-Latin characters... [More...]
Internet 30/10/2009
HADOPI 2: Internet disconnections are effective in France
The law for the protection of copyrighted works on the Internet (Hadopi 2) passed the Conseil Constitutionnelle second scrutiny.[More...]
Patent 26/10/2009
IP Standards and Patents: Nokia’s patents against Apple's iPhone
With a press release of November 22, 2009 Nokia has confirmed the filing of a lawsuit against Apple...[More...]
Patent 14/10/2009
New incentives and greater cooperation with banks are coming before the end of the year
The Italian government is boosting intellectual property protection and financing innovation in two ways...[More...]
Patent 09/10/2009
Thailand joins the Patent Cooperation Treaty
After Chile and Peru, Thailand also became a contracting state of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the 142nd ...[More...]
Internet 08/10/2009
As dot “yu” disappear, dot “eu” grows
Following by far Balcani’s non recent geopolitical changes, the Internet suffix dot “yu”, meaning Yugoslavia...[More...]
Copyright 30/09/2009
Technological protection measures prevail on the right of private copying
In a recent decision, the Milan Court ruled on the coexistence, on one side, of the protection of works of authorship carried out by technological protection measures...[More...]
Trade Mark 25/09/2009
McDonald's v. McCurry: after eight years McDonald's loses
The famous fastfood McDonald's has lost the legal battle with Malaysian Chicken Curry for the trademark "McCurry"...[More...]
Copyright 21/09/2009
COPYRIGHT: France tries again with the anti-piracy law (HADOPI 2)
With 285 favorable votes the French National Assembly approved the new text of the law in favor of the dissemination and protection of intellectual works on the Internet......[More...]
Copyright 08/09/2009
COPYRIGHT - Google obtains the copyright protection for its famous homepage
After 5 and a half years of controversy, the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) has granted protection to the layout of the homepage...[More...]
Trade Mark 04/09/2009
The Tel Aviv District Court has recently rejected the arguments of acquiescence, waiver of rights and laches...[More...]
Trade Mark 01/09/2009
With a four billion dollars operation The Walt Disney Company has acquired the 5.000 characters portfolio of Marvel Entertainment...[More...]
Company name 28/08/2009
COMPANY NAME - Company names has now a Tribunal in the UK
In October 2008 a Company Names Tribunal was set up in the UK in order to deal efficiently with opportunistic company name registrations.....[More...]
Legal 26/08/2009
One of the effects originated by the modification of Article 473 of the Criminal Code on counterfeiting, according to some commentators...[More...]
Trade Mark 20/08/2009
MADE IN ITALY - The Parliament gives greater protection to "Made in Italy"
Since August 15th, 2009, the date of entry into force of Law 99/2009, the use of Italian brands on products not manufactured in Italy, without a precise indication of their country of production constitutes the crime....[More...]
Internet 18/08/2009
TRADEMARKS - Second Life fights against the illegal exploitation of trademarks
With a press release issued August 12th, 2009, the Linden manager for e-commerce has announced that it will be prohibited on sStreetSL, the e-commerce site of Second Life[More...]
Legal 06/08/2009
Amendments to the Italian Code of Industrial Property
It has been published on the official journal No. 176 of 31.07.2009 the law No. 99/2009, which has modified also the Italian Code of Industrial Property...[More...]
Patent 31/07/2009
Financing innovation: 55 million Euros for “Start Up” proclamation for new technology R&D
The Italian Ministry for Economic Development has assigned 55 million Euros for development plans proposed by start-up... [More...]
Trade Mark 29/07/2009
TRADEMARKS: up to 3 years of jail if the website infringes a registered trademark
The so-called Development Bill, that is about to become a law, includes some important measures against piracy and counterfeiting...[More...]
Legal 27/07/2009
ITALY - DEVELOPMENT BILL: criminal law innovations related to intellectual property
With the final endorsement of July 9, 2009, Senate has given the go-ahead to a bill aimed to sustain development...[More...]
Trade Mark 24/07/2009
EU: the registration of international trademarks designating the EU is now even more convenient
On April 30th, 2009, the European Commission communicated a reduction of individual fee payable...[More...]
Internet 22/07/2009
COPYRIGHT: Usenet.com held liable for copyright infringement
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) scores another goal against peer to peer filesharing...[More...]
Internet 17/07/2009
CHINA: new legal platform for IP
A new search platform for laws and regulations related to IP rights protection and enforcement has been recently...[More...]
Trade Mark 14/07/2009
UK - TRADE MARKS FEE REDUCTIONS
From October 1st, 2009, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has announced a programme of fee reductions for trademark registrations...[More...]
Legal 10/07/2009
The number of goods suspected of infringing IP rights seized in 2008 increased by 126%, from 79 million articles in 2007 to 178 million in 2008.....[More...]
Trade Mark 09/07/2009
INFRINGEMENT OF TRADEMARKS: summer temptation
Results of a research study conducted by Istituto Piepoli and Confcommercio in 2008...[More...]
Internet 06/07/2009
The Pirate Bay, after having been the protagonist of one of the most preeminent filesharing decisions ever handed down in Europe[More...]
Patent 03/07/2009
New Practice of Design Patent Applications in China Under Revised Patent Law
On December 27, 2008, the National People's Congress, approved the third Amendment to China's Patent Law...[More...]
Legal 02/07/2009
Since the 22nd of June 2009 changed the way goods suspected of infringing Intellectual Property are to be dealt at the frontier. H&M Revenue and Custom, in compliance with Article 13 of Council Regulation 1383/2003,...[More...]
Trade Mark 01/07/2009
UGANDA adopted the Ninth Edition of the Nice Classification
The adoption of the Ninth Edition of the Nice Classification,...[More...]
Trade Mark 30/06/2009
EGYPT has become the 79th Contracting Parties of the Madrid Protocol
On June 3, 2009, the Government of Egypt ratified the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks....[More...]
Patent 19/06/2009
Chile and Peru Accedes to WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Chile and Peru became the 140th and 141st contracting states of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) when it deposited its instrument of accession at WIPO on March 6, 2009.....[More...]
Legal 19/06/2009
AntiCounterfeiting Ad Campaign in New York City
The President of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition announced the launch of a Global Public Service Ad Campaign.... [More...]
Patent 08/06/2009
The government of the Republic of San Marino....[More...]
Internet 25/05/2009
.MX reopening of domain name registrations
The Network Information Center Mexico started the opening of domain name registrations directly under .MX from May 1st, 2009.[More...]
Rapisardi 12/05/2009
Anti-counterfeiting 2009 - Industry insight - Fashion
Legal 08/04/2009
Some headlines of the statistics from US Customs and Border Protection
The domestic value of goods seized for intellectual property rights violations in 2008 increased by 38.6% to $272.7million from $196.7 million in 2007....[More...]
Legal 26/02/2009
Music copyright to be extended to 95 years
The EU’s Legal Affairs Committee has approved a legislation that says that Bottom of Form Copyright term for music recordings must be extended from 50 years to 95 years....[More...]
Trade Mark 26/02/2009
Fee change for national searches
Following the decision of four national offices to stop taking part in the optional national searches....[More...]
