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VAT directive limits Spanish VAT law

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 29 2013

With the issuance of the European Court of Justice's ("ECJ") judgment on 17 January 2013, Spain must change its VAT regulations in relation to

Spain breached its obligations under EU law by applying reduced VAT rates in cases not envisaged by the VAT directive

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 26 2013

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) passed a ruling on January 17, 2013 (case C-36011) finding Spain to have failed to fulfil its obligations under

Court rules on press-clipping activities

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • September 27 2010

For the second time this year, a judgment of the Commercial Court of Madrid has made it clear that "press clipping" activities infringe the rights of publishers

Global guide to competition litigation

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • October 1 2012

Competition litigation is a fast growing and complex area of commercial litigation that often requires coordination of strategy across jurisdictions

Town hall sentenced to indemnify a sculptor for moral right infringement

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • November 30 2011

The Provincial Court of Alicante has issued a judgment holding the owner of a sculpture liable for infringement of the moral right of its sculptor

ISP found liable for illegal content due to lack of diligence

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • May 24 2011

An internet service provider's (ISP) removal of content uploaded by its user (i.e., insulting comments and a degrading picture that plainly infringed an individual's right to honour) was not considered prompt enough for the ISP to be exempt from liability

European Court of Justice rules on Spanish private copying levy

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • European Union, Spain
  • -
  • December 7 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the right of copyright businesses in the EU to ask for a private copying levy, but disapproved of how Spain applied it indiscriminately

Publishing house fined 300,000 for unauthorised data disclosure

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
  • -
  • May 17 2011

The Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Spanish Data Protection Agency imposing a 300,000 fine on a publishing house for disclosing personal data of former clients to third companies for marketing purposes without obtaining the prior consent of the individuals concerned

Interim injunctions against a museum

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • June 14 2012

Two recent decisions dated 31 October 2011 and 19 January 2012, respectively, were issued in different proceedings by the Commercial Courts of Bilbao upholding and dismissing, respectively, the preliminary injunctions requested by the Spanish collecting society managing visual artists' rights (VEGAP) against the Guggenheim Museum Foundation (the Foundation) in order to obtain the interim suspension of the making available of the works of 37 artists

Chesterton's works are protected in Spain until 2016 or 80 years after his death

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • November 10 2011

On 14 July 2011, the Commercial Court nÂș 12 of Madrid issued a judgment clarifying the term of protection of exploitation rights for works created by deceased authors