La Corte di Giustizia dell’Unione Europea si è pronunciata, a gennaio di quest’anno, sul tema della tutela dei diritti esclusivi conferiti dal marchio e, nello specifico, sull’ambito di applicazione dell’uso referenziale del marchio nel settore dei pezzi di ricambio per automobili.
I FATTI DI CAUSA
Il caso concerneva la promozione e commercializzazione di griglie per
Con decisione del 5 giugno 2024, il Tribunale dell’UE ha fornito importanti chiarimenti sull’uso di un marchio in relazione a specifici prodotti e servizi registrati.
Fatti del procedimento
Nell’aprile 2017 è stata presentata una domanda di decadenza per non uso del marchio UE n. 62638 “BIG MAC” di titolarità di McDonald’s International Property Co. Ltd
All’esito di una lunga e complessa negoziazione in seno alle istituzioni europee, Commissione, Consiglio e Parlamento UE hanno raggiunto un accordo provvisorio in tema di intelligenza artificiale sul testo del nuovo AI Act. Un vero e proprio punto di svolta nella legislazione dell’intelligenza artificiale, che evidenzia il ruolo di primo piano che l’UE intende ritagliarsi
Green light dell’UE alla polvere di grillo nei prodotti alimentari. Ecco cosa dice l’UE, cos’è, dove si potrà trovare, perché utilizzarla, i dati e le previsioni sul mercato dei grilli.
La decisione dell’UE
A seguito della domanda presentata, in data 24 luglio 2019, da parte della società vietnamita Cricket One Co. Ltd, la Commissione
The customs enforcement of intellectual property rights in the EU is governed by Regulation (EU) No 608/2013, which provides that, where Customs Authorities suspect that goods under their supervision infringe intellectual property rights, they may suspend the release of or detain the goods whether at their own initiative or upon application.
Regulation (EU) 2020/1209
According to a recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the mere storage by Amazon, in the context of its online marketplace (‘AmazonMarketplace’), of goods which infringe trade mark rights does not constitute an infringement by Amazon of those trademark rights.
By judgment of 2 April 2020, the
The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications has officially entered into force. The European Union’s November 26, 2019, accession permitted the Geneva Act’s entry into force three months later, i.e. on February 26, 2020.
The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, adopted on May 20, 2015, extends the
A landmark decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued on 6 December 2017 confirmed that a supplier of luxury goods may prohibit authorised retailers part of a selective distribution system from selling its products on third party e-commerce platforms.[1]
In the case at issue the request for a preliminary ruling was submitted
“Every transmission or retransmission of a work which uses a specific technical means must, as a rule, be individually authorised by the author of the work in question”.
This is one the main principles ensuing from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the its recent decision of 29 November 2017 (Case C-265/16).Continue Reading CJEU on VCAST Recording Service: is a Different Means of Transmission an Essential Condition for the Existence of a New Communication to the Public?
On 18 October 2016 the Higher House of the Italian Parliament approved the draft bill on ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA), with 161 votes in favour, 30 against and 7 abstentions. The approval by the Higher House comes only a few weeks after the same bill was approved by the Italian Chamber of Deputies