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After spending almost 50 years in business, Bugnion S.p.A. ranks among the leading European industrial property consulting companies. With its office…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 25 Aug 2021
G1/19 and a game of golf: non-obviousness is a par-3 hole
Golf is a game of precision. You start by hitting a powerful shot to try to get the ball close to the green. At the moment of the first shot (the…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 2 Aug 2021
Next Generation IP
Strategic guidelines applying to intellectual property are the first detailed provision of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 23 Jul 2021
OK. Everyone knows MESSI. But Miley Cyrus?
As you may recall, the CJEU in cases C-449/18P and C-474/18P of 17 September 2020, (see http://trademarkblog.kluweriplaw…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Global, Italy, etc. | 21 Jul 2021
WTR Global Leaders 2021
After graduating in law in 2000, I attended a postgraduate course in EU economics and law, a small module of which was devoted to Community trademarks…
Bugnion SpA | Global, Italy | 19 Jul 2021
Public Disclosure and Patentability: What are the Consequences?
Publicly disclosing an idea before submitting its patent application is one the most common ways of compromising the patentability of an invention. In…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 13 Jul 2021
“It ain’t necessarily so”. Porgy and Bess? No, the Court of Justice on the similarity between cars and watches/clothing.
You cannot compare apples and oranges, the old say goes, although in the trademark world we can, and truth to be told, we usually find them to be…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 30 Jun 2021
Great expectations…. Often disappointed
The article was first published on the Kluwer Trademark Blog The assessment of likelihood of confusion among descriptive marks often causes puzzling…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 5 Jun 2021
Priority periods do the long jump: RCD may claim priority from PCT application within 12 months
A multiple application for registration of registered Community designs (RCDs) (No 005807179) was filed on 24 October 2018, designating gymnastic or…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 27 May 2021
“SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK”….. Horror movie? No - General Court of the EU on colour combinations!
However, like in any respected zombies’ movie, they are back even though, for how long is not so certain…
Bugnion SpA | European Union, Italy | 26 May 2021
Italy jurisdiction report: Copyright in industrial design
It is well known that industrial design works need to satisfy two requirements to be eligible for copyright protection in Italy: creative content and…
