by Laura Ercoli | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The company Subiace brought a court action before the Court of Rome to obtain a declaration of nullity of the Italian plant variety protection for a new bean variety named ETNA, which was also protected in the United States of America (USA) and owned by Asgrow Seed...
by Laura Ercoli | May 7, 2024 | News
On 16 May 2024 SIB LEX and SIB, together with the European Patent Litigators Network (EPLN) are to hold UPC Aperitivo, a one-hour webinar on the most significant cases before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) during its first six months, organised by the EPLN of which...
by Laura Ercoli | May 7, 2024 | News
With a decision issued on 9 April 2024, the Italian Supreme Court (hereinafter “the Court”) declared invalid an agreement between the well known American table grape breeder, Sun World, and Ms. Miglionico, an Italian grape grower. Ms. Miglionico had previously been...
by Laura Ercoli | Mar 20, 2024 | News
On 25 March 2024 our partner Mario Pozzi is to contribute to the 26th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Law and Policy organised by the University of Akron School of Law. Mario will take part in the session “Early Results from the UPC and Considerations for...
by Laura Ercoli | Jan 9, 2024 | News
Our partner Mario Pozzi, Attorney-at-law and Unified Patent Court Representative, and SIB partner Paolo Di Giovine, European Patent Attorney and European Patent Litigator, are attending the 2024 Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation EU Summit taking place in Amsterdam,...
by administrator | Nov 30, 2023 | News
Filing to protect a plant variety? Bear in mind that the novelty requirement is not the same as for patents: the Italian Supreme Court has recently ruled that the mere existence of an earlier application abroad filed by the same applicant for the same plant variety...
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