{"id":2055,"date":"2019-01-14T10:03:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.snaptest.it\/?post_type=approfondimenti&#038;p=2055"},"modified":"2019-01-14T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T09:03:05","slug":"a-turning-point-for-the-producers-of-wheel-rims-copies-daimler-wins-against-acacia","status":"publish","type":"approfondimenti","link":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/approfondimenti\/a-turning-point-for-the-producers-of-wheel-rims-copies-daimler-wins-against-acacia\/","title":{"rendered":"A turning point for the producers of wheel rims\u2019 copies. Daimler wins against Acacia."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <strong>Art. 110<\/strong> <em>\u201c&#8230;protection as a Community design shall not exist for a design which constitutes a component part of a complex product&#8230;for the purpose of the repair of that complex product so as to restore its original appearance.\u201d<\/em>. The aforementioned clause aims to avoid a situation of monopolistic behaviour by stimulating the competition between the parties operating in <strong>the spare parts sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on such rule, ACACIA started, back in 2012, an action for a declaration of non-infringement of DAIMLER\u2019s registered designs. The German company was represented by Barzan\u00f2 &amp; Zanardo\u2019s lawyers F. Fischetti and F. Celluprica.<\/p>\n<p>Following the evidence taking, the Court found that the dimensions and colours of several <strong>wheel rims\u2019 copies <\/strong>(<em>i.e.<\/em> exact reproductions) produced by ACACIA are not identical to the original ones commercialized by Daimler. The Court has claimed that, although the wheel rim must be considered as a spare part, the \u201crepair\u201d clause operates only when the reproduction of third parties\u2019 design is effective and complete, and, therefore, does not extend to models identical in the design but differing from the original ones for dimensions or colours. In this latter case, restoring the original aspect of a vehicle cannot be interpreted as a repairing activity.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Court has stated that the burden to prove for which specific models of vehicles such reproductions have been intended to lays on the producer of the wheel rims\u2019 copies.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the decision is partial \u2013 the judgment will proceed for <strong>damages quantification<\/strong> \u2013 and is subject to appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","area":[6,5],"news-argomento":[40,51],"news-tipologia":[43],"class_list":["post-2055","approfondimenti","type-approfondimenti","status-publish","hentry","area-ip-strategy","area-legal","news-argomento-design-en","news-argomento-anti-counterfeiting","news-tipologia-insights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/approfondimenti\/2055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/approfondimenti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/approfondimenti"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/approfondimenti\/2055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"news-argomento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-argomento?post=2055"},{"taxonomy":"news-tipologia","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barzano-zanardo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tipologia?post=2055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}