Following yesterday’s deposit by Austria of its instrument of ratification of the Protocol on Provisional Application of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court, the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union has just declared that the Protocol
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UPC news: Germany ratifies the Protocol on Provisional Application
The Federal Government of Germany has just announced that it has deposited the instrument of ratification for the Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This is a decisive step towards the start of
The Court of Turin applies the proportionality principle to a patent injunction in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. et al. v. Meril Life Sciences Private Ltd. et al.
With an order issued on 16 June 2021 (available here), the Court of Turin applied the proportionality principle in calibrating the scope of a preliminary injunction, with a carve out that excluded the application of the injunction to three
Compulsory licensing: amendment approved by Italian Parliament for health emergencies
On 19 July, the Italian House of Representatives approved the amendment of the current Intellectual Property Code (“IPC”), as proposed by the conversion law of the so-called Recovery Law Decree (law decree 31 May 2021, no. 77). Upon proposal of
Ancora sulla possibilità di modulare le inibitorie brevettuali in applicazione del principio di proporzionalità
Con una recente ordinanza del 16 giugno 2021 (disponibile online qui), il Tribunale di Torino ha ribadito la possibilità per il giudice di modulare il provvedimento inibitorio emesso in un caso di contraffazione brevettuale, facendo applicazione del principio di
Breaking News: Nokia v. Daimler SEP dispute (and CJEU referral) settled
It seems that the long-awaited clarification by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on a number of open issues related to standard essential patent (SEPs) will have to wait a little longer after all.
Nokia and Daimler
Proof of use for trademarks registered in a wide categories of goods and services: the recent decision of the EUIPO on the “NUTELLA” trademark
In the recent decision of April 29, 2021, the EUIPO Cancellation Division provided relevant clarification concerning the most appropriate evidence to prove the use of a trademark in relation to specific goods and services claimed in large categories.
Facts of
EPO released the Patent Index 2020: in the year of Covid-19, Italy plays a major role in healthcare innovation
The European Patent Office (EPO) released the Patent Index 2020, which gives an overview of the filing activities in the EU during the past year. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s dramatic impact on all aspects of the economy, the number
Contraffazione varietale: danno liquidato raddoppiando l’importo della royalty
Con recente sentenza n. 179 del 29 gennaio 2021, il Tribunale di Genova ha liquidato il danno da contraffazione di una privativa varietale raddoppiando l’importo calcolato con il criterio della royalty ex art. 125 CPI.
Il caso aveva ad oggetto la illecita moltiplicazione e commercializzazione,