Giacomo Lusardi In 1600 François de La Rochefoucauld wrote that true love is like ghosts which everyone speaks of but few have seen. With a little poetic licence we could say the same today about the blockchain: everyone speaks of it but few really understand it. Not a day goes…

Marina Lanfranconi Following the recent decision of the General Court (EU) of 8 February 2019, Chiara Ferragni has obtained confirmation as to the valid registration of the figurative trademark Chiara Ferragni with stylized eye throughout the EU in relation to clothing and accessories.     The dispute arose in 2015 when a…

Elena Dazio At the end of November 2018, "Pool with Two Figures" by David Hockney was sold at the international auction house Christie’s for 90.3 million dollars, becoming the most expensive work of art of a living artist sold at auction. Just two weeks prior to this record sale Christie’s…

Simona Franco Last October the Supreme Court admitted an appeal brought by Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.a. (“Ferragamo”) against a decision of the Court of Appeal of Milan which, in overturning a previous decision of the Court of First Instance, had ruled that the Ferragamo hooks (whose shape recalls a stylized…