One year after the UPC was launched and the Local Division (“LD”) in Milan became operational, the Milan seat of the Central Division (“CD”) is now active, adding to the seats in Paris and Munich.
The Milan Central Division, located
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L’Ufficio Europeo dei Brevetti (European Patent Office – EPO) ha pubblicato il Patent Index 2023, che fornisce una panoramica delle attività di deposito nell’Unione Europea nell’anno appena trascorso.
Il primo dato che si ricava è che i depositi di…
Con sentenza dell’8 dicembre 2023, recentemente pubblicata qui, la High Court irlandese ha stabilito che Diesel S.p.A. è l’unico legittimo proprietario dell’omonimo marchio “Diesel”, che sarebbe stato usato in malafede (“dishonestly and wrongfully”) dall’irlandese Montex Holdings Ltd. sin dal…