Marina Lanfranconi The Court of the European Union ruled over the theme of registrability for an auditory trademark against the appeal proposed by the Brazilian company regarding the decision of the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), which had denied to register auditory trademarks for products and services in classes…

Letizia Nuvoli On July 22, 2016, the Court of Milan issued the following decision that was immediately published by many newspapers. The decision concerned the historical dispute between Mogol, the noted songwriter and a music publishing company managed by the widow of the late Lucio Battisti.  However, apart from acting…

Ilaria Gargiulo With the sentence passed on May 23, 2016, the Court of Milan concluded the judgment of first instance between the company Pasticceria Confetteria Cova and Cova Montenapoleone (referred to as “Cova” in this article) on one side and the company Panettoni G. Cova (referred to as “G. Cova”)…

Gilberto Cavagna With the sentence from August 1, 2016, the Department of Enterprises in the Court of Milan assessed the responsibility of Facebook (the Italian company Facebook S.r.l. as well as Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland Ltd) in copyright infringement regarding an application belonging to Business Competence S.r.l. The Court…