Gloria Folguera
Baker McKenzie
Articles
Spanish court imposes damages in infringement case
Spain - May 17 2012 The Commercial Court No. 1 of Alicante (Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº 1 de Alicante) has recently granted compensation a well-known fashion company damages amounting to €67,075.51 as compensation for trade mark infringement.
Supreme Court rules television product placement for tobacco products illegal
Spain - March 28 2012 The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled in the lawsuit filed by the Association of Communication Users (ACU) against Altadis, SA (a company marketing tobacco products) and Television de Galicia that the advertising of a brand of tobacco in a television series is illegal.
New act regulating the procedure to take down websites reaches the Spanish Parliament
Spain - April 4 2011 After months of negotiation, a new version of a controversial provision in the Sustainable Economy Law (also known as the Sinde Act), which establishes an express procedure to remove copyright infringing material from the internet, has been forwarded to the Parliament.
