Simona Franco With its decision of 16 October 2018 the General Court dismissed an appeal brought by Asics, denying protection to the crossed stripes trademark on the grounds that there was no likelihood of confusion between the Asics trademarks, registered in the EU and in Spain for footwear, clothing and…

Elena Dazio On 2 October 2018, the European Parliament approved the proposal for revisionof the Directive on the provision of audiovisual media services submitted by the Commission in 2016 (COM/2016/0287), thus giving the green light to modernization of legislation in the matter.  With the emergence of new players in the…

Elena Dazio On 6 September last the CJEU definitively refused registration as an EUTM for the signature zip-bordering tri-colour stripes (in the Pantone yellow, orange and navy blue variation) of K-Way windbreaker jackets. The Court dismissed a petition submitted by Basic Net S.p.A., holder –inter alia– of the well-known K-Way…

Giacomo Lusardi The vote of the European Parliament of 12 September last on amendments to the draft EU Digital Single Market Copyright Directive (the “Copyright Directive”) gave rise to fierce debate between the draft’s supporters and detractors who were, on certain issues, alignedin opposing factions. The most hotly discussed matters…