As is well known, DESIGNS are intended to protect the external appearance of a product, regardless of its technical characteristics or trademark. A de......

We are pleased to share with you the interview that appeared today in Corriere della Sera on page 10 of the supplement "Corriere del Veneto," regardin......

Starting August 23, 2023, several amendments to the Industrial Property Code (introduced by Law No. 102 of July 24, 2023) came into force. The legisla......

We would like to inform you that, starting from February 1, 2023, our company GALLO & PARTNERS S.R.L. has opened a new office in Vicenza, at Via C......

The European Commission and the EUIPO have renewed the SME FUND grant program for 2023 to support European SMEs in the field of industrial property. T......

The new Unitary Patent and the associated Unified European Patent Court will come into force on June 1, 2023. Important: in the absence of an opt-out ......

Starting December 29, 2022, a new procedure will be launched in Italy for determining the invalidity and revocation of a registered trademark. From t......

The term Metaverse is not new but dates back to the early 1990s, originating in cyberpunk literature and now widely recognized thanks to big tech inve......

On September 28, 2021, the United Arab Emirates government submitted a request to the Director General of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organizati......

The European Commission and the EUIPO recently launched a financial grant program through the creation of a fund to incentivize the filing of trademar......

December 31, 2020, marked the end of the transition period designed to define and mitigate the effects of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the Eur......

On February 1, 2020, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union. The Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Unio......

On September 27, 2019, Malaysia filed its accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks with the WIPO International Bur......

At the beginning of July, Brazil submitted its application to join the Madrid Protocol for the Registration of International Trademarks. This means th......

As is well known, in general, a company's technical solutions can be protected with both industrial invention patent applications and utility model pa......

In a liberal regime of free circulation of ideas and goods, patents act as an exception to this freedom, restricting the ability to act and copy the s......

As of October 1, 2019, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has made its trademark data available on the TMview search tool. Previous......

On March 17, 2019, Canada filed its accession to the Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks with WIPO. This means that many Ital......

Legislative Decree No. 15 of February 20, 2019, effective March 23, 2019, introduced several important changes regarding trademark revocation and inva......

Choosing the Right Name Choosing a name for a new product is often a source of concern for marketing managers at many companies. When deciding to la......

The TM and ® symbols are often used alongside trademarks in a manner that does not comply with the regulations governing their use. The primary funct......