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Un grande successo per la prima edizione di TMday

Lunedì 23 settembre 2019, presso la nobile sede della Tenuta, abbiamo celebrato la nostra realtà, in tutte le sue sfaccettature, durante TMday, una giornata che ha coinvolto circa 100 operatori da tutta Italia, dedicata a lasciare conoscere ciò che ci caratterizza di più, i nostri prodotti e ad approfondire tematiche che ci riguardano da vicino: abbiamo parlato di mercati, di vini autoctoni,…

Ok, so I should have written this blog post about 2 months ago. Well actually I did write it, I just didn’t put it online. Anyway a few months ago I had my first experience of singing in front of a totally Spanish speaking audience. It was at a Youtuber event in Malaga and I sang original songs from my forthcoming EP.

This was a huge milestone moment for me because although I have performed many times before in Spain, it has always been to an English speaking audience. This time was the complete opposite, they were all Spanish, not only that, about 99% of them did not speak a word of English. I had to learn how to introduce my songs and interact in Spanish. Talk about putting my three years of Spanish lessons to the test! But i had such a great time.

The audience was nearly all under the age of 21, but that was cool because honestly, Spanish teens are so sweet and for the most part pretty innocent. 

By Aryane Garansi

The best and most useful part of Trademark Day at the USPTO was being able to see a live action Inter Partes Proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. I was able to witness a partner from Jones Day represent The North Face Apparel Co. against Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd. for The North Face Summit Series mark. The North Face opposed Sanyang Industry’s application for an allegedly similar mark. The Administrative Trademark Judges that heard the trial were Judges Seeherman, Shaw, and Greenbaum. Attending this hearing was really great because it helped me as a potential litigator see how to form arguments, put forth the best arguments first, and see what not to do in this type of proceeding. Jones Day had displays of each of the marks so that the court could visualize the possible similarities to compare the two. Below are the marks at issue:

The North Face had already lost its appeal in New Zealand for this same type of opposition. At the TTAB, The North Face outlined many different arguments for priority, likelihood of confusion, zone of expansion in classification, and fame. The North Face also attempted to argue that these marks were identical stating that Sanyang Industry had merely turned the Summit mark on its side. The judge rebutted that argument stating that the mark turned on its side would not be identical, giving an example of a mark containing the number “8” and then turning it on its side to have the infinity sign (∞). These would be two completely different marks with different meanings. However, the ruling on this opposition has not been issued yet and the judge could have simply been playing devil’s advocate. 

Mais que um trupe qualquer, uma trupe circense musical, que cantou e encantou à todos nós. Um grupo totalmente independente, formado no "Mundo Mágico de Oz... Osasco". O responsável pela mágica mistura de sentimentos e sentidos, é Fernando Anitelli. E assim temos a história do mar que se apaixona por uma menina, a sereia sentada na pedra mais alta e a sorte vinda num realejo. A melhor festa é aquela que acontece dentro da gente e não ao redor. "Se tudo que eu preciso se parece, porque é que não se junta tudo numa coisa só?"