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The Supreme Court supports Sinde's law

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Spain
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  • December 13 2012

Last July the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court rejected the request for provisional measures filed by Red de "Empresas de

Peer to peer (P2P) legislation

  • Abril Abogados
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  • Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 13 2012

Since 2006, when the first European Regulation against illegal downloading was enacted by Finland, most of EU Member States have followed the example

Spanish IP protection regulations enter into force

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
  • -
  • May 11 2012

On 1 March 2012, the regulations passed by the Spanish government in order to implement a rapid procedure to stop online piracy came into force

Spain’s proposed online infringement measures

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Spain
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  • May 10 2010

The Spanish Government has submitted its so-called Sustainable Economy Bill to the Congress of Deputies

Tackling cybersquatters in Spain and beyond

  • Garrigues
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  • Spain
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  • May 4 2010

Domain name management is vital for anyone selling goods, providing services or advertising on the Web

Sustainable Economy Bill of Law to give Ministry of Culture powers to take down websites to safeguard IP rights

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • February 10 2010

The Sustainable Economy Bill of Law, which aims to improve the economic environment, promote competitiveness and achieve environmental sustainability, was approved by the Spanish Government on 27 November 2009, and is pending before the Spanish Parliament

Court decision against owners of P2P website "elitedivx.com"

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Spain
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  • December 15 2009

The Provincial Court of Cartagena has overruled a lower court's decision to acquit the owners of the website "elitedivx.com" (which allows users to download copyrighted works from file-sharing programs such as eMule and BitTorrent) of all criminal charges

Protection of personal data v copyright

  • Squire Sanders
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  • Spain
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  • July 3 2008

The origin of this case is an application made by an organisation of music and audiovisual recordings producers and editors before Commercial Court number 5 in Madrid to request preliminary measures against Telefónica

ECJ rules against collecting society in file sharer identification dispute

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • March 18 2008

In a decision of 29 January 2008 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Member States are not obliged to create a legal duty on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to disclose the personal details of file sharers to copyright owners whose rights have been infringed

Data privacy does not trump copyright protection says European Court of Justice

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Spain
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  • February 25 2008

This European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision was in the context of unlawful music file sharing via the internet