Requested originality level for a design to be protected by the intellectual property law *

Spain - April 12 2013
The Civil Division of the High Court of Justice (TS as per its Spanish acronyms), in its judgment dated September 27th, 2012 dismissed the appeal…

Consent by the addressee to authorize the use of cookies *

Spain - November 20 2012
The Royal Decree-Law 13/2012, 30 March, which amended several articles of the Law 34/2002, of 11 July, services of the society of the information and of electronic commerce, was published in the Official Gazette of 31 March 2012, in order to adapt its regime to the new wording of Directive 2009/136/EC, to the Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.

Goods in transit in the EU infringing IP rights *

European Union - June 25 2012
The judgement under discussion solved two applications for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) no. 3295/64, in which it is established the measures concerning the entrance into the Community and the export and re-export from the Community of goods infringing certain intellectual property rights.

Indiscriminate application of a private copying levy did not comply with Directive 2001/29 *

Spain - March 9 2011
The Decision of the Court of Justice dated 21 October 2010 in Case C-467/08 dealt with different questions referred by Barcelona Provincial Court for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Padawan, SL, and the General Society of Authors and Editors of Spain (SGAE) on the "private copying levy" supposedly owed by Padawan for the CD, DVD and MP3 players it sells.