Giacomo Lusardi With the sentence passed on Dec. 21, 2016 (cause C-654/15), the European Court of Justice clarified that where there is likelihood of confusion within five years after a trademark’s registration, the owner has the right to prevent third parties from using a subsequent trademark that is similar or…

Gilberto Cavagna After several important decisions were passed at the end of the last century, including the case ruled over by the Court of Milan on July 13, 2000, the judges have come to decide once again over a case regarding the theme of copyright and press releases.  With the…

Ilaria Gargiulo With the sentence passed on February 3, 2017, the Milanese judges ruled over the protection of biographical works and plagiarism in a case involving the editors and authors of two books describing the life of Raimondo Lanza of Trabia: “Il principe irrequieto. La vita di Raimondo Lanza di…

Gilberto Cavagna Recently, the Supreme Court of Cassation passed judgment regarding company names and identical insignias.  On January 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Cassation ruled over a dispute supported by a Neapolitan pharmacist. Having registered the company name and having used the insignia with his own surname as a…