Vincenzo Iaia With the decision No. 38165 of December 30th, 2022, the Italian Supreme Court provided some guidelines on whether and under which conditions parody can be invoked as an effective defense against allegations of copyright and trademark infringement. The lawsuit dates back to 2007 when Zorro Productions Inc. sued CO.GE.DI. Ltd. for producing and
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Vincenzo Iaia Italian Supreme Court, judgement of September 22nd, 2022 After more than ten years of litigation, the Italian Supreme Court settled the trademark battle between Hermès International s.c.p.a. & Co. (‘Hermès’) and Buti di Buti Amerigo & C s.a.s. & Co. (‘Buti’). In 2009, Hermès filed a lawsuit against Buti for infringement of the
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Vincenzo Iaia With decision No. 32408 of November 3, 2022, the First Section of the Italian Supreme Court rejected Ferrari’s trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit against Brumm General Partnership (‘Brumm’) for having produced and commercialized Ferrari scale model cars without any authorization from the automotive company. The litigation started before the Bologna Court of First
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Vincenzo Iaia With order No. 18 Civ. 5839 (LL) of September 29, 2022, the Southern District Court of New York (S.D.N.Y.) rejected Ed Sheeran’s motion for summary judgement dismissing Structured Asset Sales’ claim for copyright infringement over Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On”. The plaintiff’s claim is based on Sheeran’s alleged copying of some
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