REPRODUCTION OF A TRADEMARK IN DICTIONARIES UNDER ITALIAN LAW. A NEWLY CODIFIED RIGHT, BUT ALSO A BURDEN, FOR TRADEMARK OWNERS

marketude Giulia Beneduci, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Publications

Among the several amendments to the Italian Industrial Property Code (“IPC”) introduced by the so-called EU Trademark Package, new paragraph 3-bis of Article 20 is worth mentioning, which now expressly grants to the owner of a registered trademark, under certain conditions, the specific right to oppose its reproduction with a generic meaning in dictionaries or similar works…

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