Michela Tommaseo In a press release of 11 October last the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the US market regulation authority, announced that it had obtained a temporary restraining order from the Federal Courtagainst Telegram Group Inc, the owner of the homonymous instant messaging service, and its 100% controlled company TON Issuer…

di Mauro Nigro By its decision of 28 June 2019 in case T-340/18, the General Court (EU), upholding the decision of the EUIPO Second Board of Appeal, declared the partial invalidity of shape mark no. 009179953, shown hereunder, filed with the EUIPO on 16 June 2010 and registered on 26…

di Simona Franco The issuel decided by the Court of First Instance of Milan by decision no. 4346/2019 of 7 May 2019 was based on a 1979 co-existence agreement between Mario Valentino (plaintiff), a Neapolitan company operating in the leather goods sector, and the Valentino fashion house (defendant). According to…

Francesca Gioia By a decision of 6 June 2019 (T-209/28), the General Court (EU), upholding the decision of the EUIPO Board of Appeal, ruled null the EU "Porsche 911" design, filed with the EUIPO in August 2010 in the name of F. Posche AG., in the motor vehicles class of…