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On February 22, 2012 the IP Court of Rome issued a landmark decision on format rights.

The regulation setting out the framework that confers supervision and enforcement duties on the Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) has been approved today and will now be subject to a public consultation.

Today the EU General Court decided a trade mark case brought by Formula One Licensing BV and excluded a risk of confusion between the F1 Logotype and the trade mark F1 - LIVE for goods and services related to the Formula Once motor racings.[Read More]

On 18 January 2011 the XIII Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (Agriculture) approved a new bill regarding the labeling of food products and quality checks. This is aimed at protecting products made in Italy against counterfeiting conducts, with the final view of preserving the health of consumers resident in Italy. The bill will soon be approved by the President of the Republic. We will be update you as soon as the law comes into force. 

The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision banning in B2B transactions the so called "private copy levy" i.e. the EU Copyright Directive allows EU Member States to introduce an excepction to the exclusive right of authors, performers and producers to reproduce sound, visual or audiovisual material in relation to copies of such material performed for private purposes. However, the "private copying" can be authorised only if rightholders obtain a "fair compensation".[Read More]

By judgement of 14 September 2010 the European Court of Justice has said its final word on the age-old Lego's claim concerning the registration as a trademark of its famous toy-brick.

In April 1996, Lego filed an application for a Community trademark on the very well known toy-brick before the European trademark office, the OHIM.  Initially, OHIM held that the sign had acquired distinctive character in the European Union and did not consist exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result. Hence, the registration was granted in October 1999. 
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