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Ryanair found guilty of unfair competition and defamation towards online travel agencies: Ryanair had changed the general terms and conditions of use and threatened that all plane tickets purchased through these agencies would be cancelled.

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • March 9 2011

Two judgments from Nº1 Commercial Court of Madrid and Nº4 of Barcelona, upheld both lawsuits against Ryanair for defamation and unfair competition arising from Ryanair threatening two specific online travel agencies (Atrápalo and Rumbo) to cancel all plane tickets purchased through them

Personal liability of the internet forum masters

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • November 20 2012

The judgment under discussion issued by the Provincial Court of Toledo (First Division) dated June the 1st, 2012, is an appeal by the condemned as a result of slanderous allegations against a public official in an internet forum, and also submitted by the moderator of such forum who was also condemned by virtue of the same judgment

Terminating a pregnant worker’s employment during the probationary period

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 22 2009

Under Spanish law, the dismissal of a pregnant employee will generally be found to be invalid, with the consequent obligation on the employer to reinstate the employee to her job and to pay her the wages that would have been due to her from the dismissal until the date of the judgment

Nike wins another trademark battle in Spain

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • March 12 2008

Nike International Ltd has recently won another battle in its lengthy dispute against the owner of the Spanish trademark Nike, a dispute that has been recently tilting in favour of the international sportswear manufacturer

Protection of television and radio format

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • November 30 2011

In view of the recent Judgements issued by the Commercial Courts no. 12 and no. 8 of Madrid, we hereby analyse the most important aspects, considered by the Spanish Judges to protect the TVRadio format program pursuant to the Intellectual Property Act 11996

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

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • 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

Supreme Court, First Civil Chamber, ruling dated April 9, 2012, Appeal 2292007

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • January 31 2013

In this appeal, the court analyzes the extent of the consequential damages and future loss of profits that correspond to the lessor of a business

On the personal liability of the signer of a promissory note

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • March 9 2011

The Supreme Court (First Civil Division), in the Judgement issued on 9 June 2010, established the doctrine that "the signer of a promissory note is personally bound if he does not include the power of attorney or proxy by which he is acting or at least it contains the rubber stamp with the details of the company on whose behalf he is acting"

Ruling of the General Directorate of Registries and Notaries Public (Land), of 17 june 2010

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • October 26 2010

This Ruling deals with the refusal to enter a Rural Property Deed of Sale in the Land Registry where the property was formed by the segregation of another property, which in turn was the result of the division of another larger property, pending entry in the registry at the time of requesting the registration of the deed envisaged in the ruling

Monitoring at work: Spanish employer did not breach employee's right to privacy

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • February 16 2012

The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the dismissal of an employee for using her work computer for personal purposes was lawful