Giulia Panigazzi, along with Margherita Barié, co-authored the article Battle of the dachshunds: figurative and word elements of composite marks may be co-dominant published on WTR Daily. In the assessment of similarity, the figurative element of a composite mark may be considered to be as distinctive and dominant as the word element. On 25 October 2023 in Case T‑773/22, the General Court ruled in favour of Italian clothing company Harmont & Blaine SpA, upholding the decisions of the Opposition Division and the Board of Appeal of the EUIPO.

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