OUR SELECTION OF #IPNEWS AND ARTICLES OF THE WEEK

1. An Italian Court Rules Once and for All to Allow Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ to Travel to the Louvre, Ending Years of Legal Wrangling

• https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-court-allows-vitruvian-man-louvre-1681552     

• https://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/from-ikea-signage-to-product-bags-a-look-at-off-whtes-quest-for-certain-exclusive-rights-in-quotation-marks  

3. General Court: Board of Appeal incorrectly interpreted specification of earlier trademarks

• https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/enforcement-and-litigation/general-court-board-appeal-incorrectly-interpreted-specification    

4. EU-China agreement on geographical indications

• https://www.marques.org/blogs/class46/?XID=BHA4808    

5. Monopolizing and Monetizing a Color: What is the Value of Tiffany & Co.'s Trademark Blue Hue?

• https://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/part-of-tiffany-amp-cos-value-the-intangible-asset-of-color    

6. Instagram to Test Hiding "Likes" in the U.S. What Does that Mean for Influencers, Brands?

• https://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/instagram-is-going-to-test-hiding-likes-in-the-us-what-does-that-mean-for-influencers-brands

7. Sharon Stone is Suing Rapper Chanel West Coast Over "Sharon Stoned" Song and Video

• https://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/sharon-stone-is-suing-rapper-chanel-west-coast-over-sharon-stoned-song-and-video     

8.  EUROPOL-EUIPO: strengthening cooperation in the fight against IP crime

• https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/it/web/observatory/news?p_p_id=csnews_WAR_csnewsportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=2&journalId=5407289&journalRelatedId=manual/     

9. EU – EP Paper: CJEU case law does not expressly exclude the possibility to allow a non -EU Member State to form part of the UPCA

• http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_IDA(2019)596800    

10. Italian Guardia di Finanza seized 4.500 household and school goods.

• https://siac.gdf.gov.it/notizie/Pagine/Monza-11-novembre-2019.aspx