We inform you that a growing number of holders of industrial property rights have received requests from third parties for the payment of misleading services. Payment requests are often accompanied by texts and images that recall those of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, which could mislead the user. Whenever you receive a letter or an invoice, you are invited [...]

On 10 January 2020, the Minister of Economic Development signed the Ministerial Decree implementing the provisions introduced by the Decree-Law of 30 April 2019, n. 34 (the so-called "Growth Decree"), regarding historic trademarks. Actually, in accordance with the provisions of articles 11-ter, 185-bis and 185-ter of the Industrial Property Code, the special register "Historic trademark of national interest" and the [...]

The hero soldiers of the famous Fortnite video game seem to have lowered their guard. The protection offered by some trademark registrations for some products and the global reputation of the trademark were not sufficient to cover some holes in the defense of the trademark in Europe. In fact, a Chinese company has filed an application for registering an EUTM [...]