Even in the area of Intellectual Property (IP), disputes can become lengthy, costly and complex. However, there is an effective and increasingly used tool for resolving conflicts: mediation.
On 18 June 2025, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued one of the most anticipated and significant decisions of recent years in the field of European patent law: Decision G 0001/24. This ruling, which originates from the referral made by the EPO Technical Board of Appeal in Case T 0439/22 between Philip Morris Products S.A
We are glad to share with you some exciting news about Simona Mantovani, Italian and European Trademark Attorney and member of Interpatent’s team since 2018.
European Patent application numbers remain stable in 2024, with a -0,1% as compared with the previous year. Data provided by the Patent Index 2024 of the European Patent Office (EPO) show a slight increase (+0.3%) in patent applications from the 39 European countries that are members of the EPO and an (equally slight) decrease (-0.4%) in patent applications from non-European countries.
Last 10 March Alberto Furno from our firm spoke at an event held by “Confagricoltura di Asti” (General Federation of Italian Agriculture – Asti Section) on the topic “Wine between tradition and new frontiers – Evolution of consumption and markets between culture, brands, labels and alcohol content – Non-Alcoholic Wine and more…”.
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.
