Bernardo Calabrese

Living with “Nero Lifestyle” (or How to Prevent “Delimited” Trade Marks From Burning Geographical Indications Down)

Abstract The long-awaited decision by the EU General Court in the “ Nero Lifestyle ” case sets an important precedent in the problematic relationship between subsequent trade marks and Geographical Indications (GIs), more precisely for the case of trade marks “delimited” to compl...