SUMMARY
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ITALIAN IP LAW
The Industrial Property Code has been approved: it will come into force in two stages with possible revisions within a year – the principal new points
Using trade marks which may be linked to smoking products for non-smoking products is ruled unlawful by the Court of Cassation
The Court of Cassation further clarifies the details of agreements of co-existence between trade marks
THE CASE
It is lawful to advertise as “patented” a good for which a patent application has not yet resulted in grant of a patent (Court of Varese, 12 October 2004) – The text of the decision
THE ARTICLE
Trade marks, designs, newspaper titles, domain names: a year of case law (September 2003-September 2004) – An article by Professor Cesare Galli soon to be published in Annali Italiani del Diritto d’Autore
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