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ITALY – CASE LAW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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A recent Italian court decision provides an important reminder for the plant breeding and seed sector: without a registered intellectual property right, even technically sophisticated evidence of varietal similarity may not be sufficient to obtain strong judicial protection.<\/span>\u00a0(more<\/a>)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ITALY – LEGISLATION UPDATE\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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New Italian law against food and beverage fraud<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

An Italian draft law that has recently been definitively approved introduces new criminal offences and harsher penalties for food and beverage fraud and for the marketing of food and beverages with misleading signs and labelling.<\/em>\u00a0(more<\/a>)<\/span> <\/em><\/span><\/td>\n

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\"Halozyme<\/td>\nARTICLE – CJEU CASE LAW<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

EU rules on Supplementary Protection Certificates to be clarified in Halozyme CJEU case<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The Advocate General has issued his opinion in the case, suggesting a rather strict and formal interpretation of EU Regulation 469\/2009; Paolo Di Giovine and Mario Pozzi examine the reasoning of the opinion, attempting to envision which direction the final decision of the CJEU might take.\u00a0(more<\/a><\/span>)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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RECOGNITIONS<\/span>
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Italy Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year and Europe Impact Case of the Year 2026<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

We are delighted to receive Managing IP’s Italy Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year trophy for the third consecutive year; SIB and SIB LEX both win a Europe Impact Case of the Year award for teamwork in the Dainese\/Alpinestars case. A big thank you for these accolades goes to our clients and peers for their unfailing support<\/span>.<\/em> (more<\/a>)<\/em><\/td>\n

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See you around!<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

Catch us over the coming weeks at the Annual Meeting of EPLIT (European Patent Litigators Association) in Milan, at the 44th Annual Conference of ECTA in Dublin and at the BIO International Convention in San Diego. (more<\/a>)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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