Disney is about to “lose” Mickey Mouse – The story of the “Mickey Mouse Act”
On January 1, 2024 the Copyright over the most famous mouse in the world will expire: a challenge that Disney has already faced in the past. – The birth of Mickey Mouse – Copyright Act of 1909 – The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 – How will Disney move? – Conclusions The birth of […]
Viral Memes and Intellectual Property: Don’t touch Bernie!
A meme in itself is content which has been created for the purpose of going viral and this goal has certainly been reached, but was it a good move by IKEA?
Covid effect – Which brands are growing the most?
10.22.2020
Comment by Andrea Lucentini
Covid effect, which brands are growing the most?
The picture that emerged from the Interbrand analysis on the Best Global Brands 2020 show its results.
Amazon Establishes Counterfeit Crimes Unit to Bring Counterfeiters to Justice
by the Amazon press release office New, global team is dedicated to investigating, finding, and launching legal action and criminal referrals against counterfeiters SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 24, 2020– Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced it has established a new Counterfeit Crimes Unit, dedicated to bringing counterfeiters that violate the law and Amazon’s policies by listing counterfeit products in its store […]
Chirurgical masks: Solidarity vs counterfeiting in the time of coronavirus
by Graziana Ercolanelli, Criminal Lawyer, AKRAN Intellectual Property Due to the current health crisis, the luxury and sports fashion sectors are facing an inevitable and disastrous downturn in the market Nonetheless, many companies are demonstrating tremendous solidarity in favor of health care workers and facilities, through both direct financing and the donation of PPE and […]
AIPPI Trilateral Meeting – Sport & IP
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 March we’ll be at the AIPPI Trilateral Meeting in Venice. We’ll meet with colleagues from Italy, France and Spain to discuss Sport and Intellectual Property. The event was jointly organized by the Italian, French and Spanish national groups of AIPPI and involved our Managing Partner Alessandro Masetti, recently re-elected to […]
Multimedia trademark registration: Akran first in EU
January 16, 2020 – Akran Intellectual Property filed the first multimedia trademark at EU level in the name of an Italian company: LIO, the jumping elephant. This was made possible by a legislative change which came into effect back in October 2017 (under EU Regulation 2015/2424 amending the Community trade mark regulation), namely the elimination of […]
ECTA Budapest 2017
Our Managing Partner Alessandro Masetti Zannini de Concina will attend ECTA’s (European Communities Trade Mark Association) annual meeting. ECTA is the association that promotes the knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright and other Intellectual Property rights, within the European Union. Alessandro, very active within the association, is a […]
1st International Fakeshare Conference
