Let’s meet in Atlanta!
We are delighted to announce that Manuela Bruscolini and Maria Cristina Goicoechea will represent INTERPATENT at the upcoming Annual Meeting of INTA in Atlanta from 18 to 22 May 2024.
The 5 W Rule Applied to Software Copyright in Italy
Everyone is acquainted with the ‘5 W rule’ in the field of journalism, media and communication, but have you ever considered that it could also be usefully applied to the registration of software copyright? Let’s start with the most important of the 5 Ws.
Design Protection in Europe: Big Changes Are Ahead
For over 20 years the EU Design Legislation has remained practically unaltered while the world has kept constantly changing, this also having a strong impact on designs. In fact, as a result of the continuous technological developments, nowadays designs no longer look the way they used to, now being capable of being generated also by means of tools that did not exist in the past, which allow them to move, transform, be animated, appear/disappear, and even react to users and/or exist in the parallel world of virtual reality.
San Marino’s Recent Increase in Trademark Fees
Effective 11 March 2024, the official fees applicable to trademarks in the Republic of San Marino have been increased.
Slogans as Trademarks: A Brief Review of the Issue
It has been scientifically proven that synthetic, incisive, catchy phrases or sentences availing themselves of rhythms, rhymes, assonances, alliterations, word plays and other language gimmicks, can capture consumers’ attention and are easily remembered.
‘Knowledge Share’: a Powerful Tool Available for Scouting Technologies Patented in Italy
Created in 2019, ‘Knowledge Share’, (www.knowledge-share.eu), a project funded by the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan, is a portal run and managed by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, the University of Politecnico di Torino and NETVAL, a network putting together a large number of Italian universities and Italian spin-off companies as well as important public research bodies, scientific hospitalisation and care institutes, foundations and agencies.
Patent Dilution Recently Acknowledged Also by the Italian Supreme Court
In a long-standing dispute, started in 2008 between two not known Italian companies on one part and Samsung Electronics Italia s.r.l. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on the other part, the Italian Supreme Court issued its decision No. 31170 on 9 November 2023.
The Ongoing Quarrel about the Famous Gianduiotto Chocolates of Turin
As those with a sweet tooth will certainly know, the so-called Gianduiotto chocolates are among the most widely known gastronomic specialties and symbols of our town Turin in particular and of Piedmont in general.
EPO’s New Increase in Fees to Become Effective April 1, 2024
As a result of the Decision of the Administrative Council of December 14, 2023, most official fees payable to the European Patent Office (EPO) will increase as from April 1, 2024.
Copyrightable Designs under Italian Law
INTERPATENT is honoured to have contributed to the latest issue of The Trademark Lawyer, currently online. Here the full article…
We are present on The Trademark Lawyer
INTERPATENT is honoured to have contributed to the latest issue of The Trademark Lawyer, currently online. Here the full article…
We are present on Platinum Magazine – Il Sole 24 Ore
We are present on Platinum Magazine. The economic communication magazine attached to “Il Sole 24 ORE”. Here the full article…