Author: PGA

The “BOY LONDON” trademark has been declared invalid: it is contrary to morality

By Decision No 20 461 C, the Cancellation Division of the EUIPO declared the trademark “BOY LONDON” invalid as it evokes Nazi symbolism and it is therefore contrary to morality for the purposes of Article 7(1)(f) RMUE.
The trademark contained a graphic component representing an eagle which, according to EUIPO, strongly resembles the emblem of the German National Socialist Party. Read more

Satispay vs. Sisal Pay: copyright and parasitic competition

The Court of Milan was called to rule on the legal protection of software programs. In particular, the company that owns “Satispay” acted against “Bill Sisal Pay”, claiming the violation of its rights relating to its software, which the other party had allegedly copied. Read more

In these days it has emerged that third parties have sent misleading payment requests to trademark, design and patent rights holders, as they appear to have been issued by the Italian Patent and Trademark Office.

The office has already reported the fact to the competent authorities: https://uibm.mise.gov.it/index.php/it/attenzione-alle-fatture-ingannevoli-con-intestazione-e-nominativi-uibm

This serious fact joins the already numerous misleading payment requests and invoices that are sent to industrial property rights holders using logos and names that create confusion with the names and logos of other offices, such as the European Union Office EUIPO and the International Office WIPO.

We invite you to pay the utmost attention, not to proceed with any payment and to forward us a copy of the requests received for our verification and possible reporting to the competent offices and authorities.

The latest publication of the magazine “Ticino Business”, an editorial initiative of the Canton Ticino Chamber of Commerce, dedicates a space to PGA, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of its incorporation. Read more

Ten years have passed since PGA was founded on 24 June 2009. Since then, the company has never stopped growing, with an enviable rate for the market sector in which it operates. The forecast for the year 2019 are still growing compared to the excellent results already obtained in 2018. Read more

On October 2nd 2019, at the headquarters of Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute, in MILAN, a conference was held entitled: “Overview on World Wide patentability requirements of pharma inventions – with special focus on India Patent Law”.

The conference was organized by a team of consultants specialized in chemical and pharma inventions (CFB group). This group conducted a survey in early 2019 with the aim of gathering information from local correspondents in the major countries of strategic interest for the pharmaceutical sector, concerning the requirements relating to the sufficiency of disclosure of pharmaceutical inventions.

The results of the survey were the subject of a presentation held by Fiorella Cristaldi.

On 11 June 2019 has been published in the Official Journal of the EU the Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of 20 May 2019, regarding the SPC manufacturing waiver.
The manufacturing waiver provisions will enter into force on the 20th day after publication, i.e. on 1 July 2019.

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