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Fake social networking profile results in employee's dismissal

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • April 26 2012

The Cartagena Labour Court (Ruling No 5172011) was not convinced that the plaintiff employee had created a fake profile of the company's director on a social networking site, sent invitations to other employees, and published a number of defamatory comments about the company just to make a joke

Gaming company files suit for unlawful competition against online gaming company

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • May 4 2011

A Spanish listed gaming company which operates traditional bingo halls, betting shops and casinos in various countries has initiated a legal action on the basis of unlawful and unfair competition to force a Gibraltar-based online gaming company to drop its sponsorship of a Spanish football club and cease advertising in Spain

Court rules video sharing website has no obligation to monitor videos ex ante

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • February 9 2011

The Mercantile Court number 7 of Madrid (the Court) has held that YouTube complies with the duty to cooperate with the IP rights holders through the detecting, reporting and verification systems that YouTube has implemented on its website, which allow the concerned third parties to control any potential infringements of their IP rights

Spanish Supreme Court allowed the appeal of the electronic communications operators against RTVE Financing Act

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • November 23 2010

The Spanish Government approved in 2009 the Corporation of Radio and Television Financing Act (RTVE Financing Act), which regulates the new financing of public radio and TV

Supreme Court ruling against owners of defamatory website

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • April 13 2010

In its ruling of 5 February 2010, the Supreme Court ordered the Internet Users Association to remove the website “putasgae.org”

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

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • 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