On 24 March 2023, the EUIPO Opposition Division rejected the opposition filed by Galbusera S.p.A. against the EU word mark application "ANTICO CAFFÈ TRE MARIE".

In its judgment of 24 January 2024 in Case T-537/22, the General Court of the European Union dismissed the action brought by Delta Sport Handelskontor, rejecting its application for a declaration of invalidity of the Community design relating to the LEGO brick.

On 27 October 2023, EU Regulation 2023/2411 on the "protection of Geographical Indications for craft and industrial products" was published, which harmonises the different national regulations previously issued by Member States.

The CD ordered the claimant in a revocation action to pay a security of € 300,000 for the defendant’s legal costs, based on its financial position and the alleged difficulties in enforcing a cost decision in the UK.

The Milan Court of Appeal recognised the notoriety of the Harmont & Blaine’s signs depicting the profile of a dachshund

The Italian advertising self-regulatory organisation (IAP) ordered Hendrick's Gin Distillery LTD and IGPDecaux s.p.a. to cease disseminating an advertising message regarding a gin, for violation of Article 22 of the Code of Advertising Self-Regulation.

The Court of Appeal of Milan, on the basis of an earlier first instance decision, ruled on the distinctiveness of the "stripe" of the well-known Diesel brand

The Italian courts’ jurisdiction was deemed to be limited to the request for a declaration of non-infringement of the Italian portion of Alfa’s international design registration (which in fact was not under discussion).

The Court of Milan recently ruled on the issue of plagiarism of musical works.

The Institute of Advertising Self-Regulation (IAP) recently ruled on commercial communications used by the company Fater S.p.a., owner of the "Lines" and "Lines Natura" brands.

The CJEU clarified whether and under what conditions the operator of an online sales platform can be held liable for trademark infringement by third-party sellers within the platform.

The affixing of a sign which is identical to a trade mark registered, inter alia, in respect of motor vehicles to scale models of that make of vehicle in order to reproduce those vehicles faithfully is not intended to provide an indication as to a characteristic of those scale models, but is merely an element in the faithful reproduction of the original vehicles

Last August 1st, with sentence No. 30289, the Supreme Court Criminal Section ruled on the possibility of granting copyright protection to jewellery items.

The Italian Supreme Court regarding Article 97 of the LDA has ruled how photographic portraits of famous people can be published without prior consent, provided there is a public interest and the individual's right to privacy is not violated.

The French company Les Éditions P. Amaury was able to have the EU Court partially overturn Euipo's earlier decisions by demonstrating the actual use of the "Ballon D'Or" trademark for entertainment services under Class 41 of the Nice Classification.