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The Italian Supreme Court on the Piaggio Vespa: no to the 3D trademark, yes to copyright (even if it had no artistic value?)
The Court granted copyright protection but concluded that the shape of the Vespa might not be entitled to 3D trademark protection as it would be a “shape that gives substantial value to the product “. The next day, the EU General Court annulled the EUIPO BoA decision which had declared the same trademark null and void due to a lack of distinctive character.
Copyright protection of design works and the Italian requirement of “artistic value” after Cofemel
(picture by Lisa Fotios - pexels.com)
Three years after COFEMEL, the Italian trial courts still seem far from recognising that copyright protection cannot be conditional on the existence of any artistic value. Here are the most relevant decisions on the matter.