Practices Area: Intellectual Property

    Employees’ inventions are crucial for IP intensive undertakings and a contributing factor to their success. In case the invention is exceptionally beneficial to the employer, the employee may be entitled to an additional fair compensation. Practitioners and Courts, especially in jurisdictions with sparse case law, like Greece, face difficulties in determining a) the… Continue reading Employees’ inventions

    The proprietor of an EU trademark may bring an infringement action against a third party infringing his rights through advertising or offers for sale displayed electronically, before a Court of the Member State within which the consumers [or traders] to whom the advertising and offers for sale are directed, are located, notwithstanding the… Continue reading Infringement of EU trademark and competent courts

Can the design of a car be protected under copyright law? In case of the legendary Ferrari Scaglietti 250 GTO, the Court of Bologna said, for the first time, yes! This may be of particular importance to carmakers, especially after judgments of the General Court in cases T-209/18 and T-210/18, involving the 1963 Porsche 911… Continue reading IP protection of the shape of a car

    Trade secrets and confidential business information are critically important to the growth, competitiveness and innovative performance of businesses. In the current globalised market, characterised by increasingly pressing and extensive competition, intangible assets are capable of providing a competitive advantage to all sorts of companies and business sectors. Where innovation does not fulfil the… Continue reading New Trade secrets Law