José María Méndez
Baker McKenzie
The vcast case - the Court of Justice of the European Union issues a judgment on the applicability of the private copying exception to audio-visual recordings made in cloud-based services
United Kingdom, European Union - December 31 2017 On 29 November 2017, the European Union Court of Justice (“CJEU”) issued a judgment in Case C-26516 stating that the INFOSOC Directive does not allow...
Launch of the Global Trade Secrets Thought leadership piece: The Bourd Ultimatum
USA - August 15 2017 In this report, we find that that trade secrets have become even more important than trademarks in today's digital economy. Yet despite the rising...
Richard Gough, David C. Lashway, John M. Murphy, Marcela Trigo, Grace Shao, Lorenzo de Martinis, Kevin M. O'Brien, Guenther Heckelmann, Michael L. Hart, Andy Leck, Rembert Niebel, Nathalie Marchand.
CJEU - Advocate Generals Opinion regarding the new financing model of fair compensation for private copying in Spain
Spain, European Union - February 29 2016 The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter, the "CJEU") has recently delivered his opinion in relation to the...
Michael Fonseca, Naiara Elizagarate.
Spanish Competition Authority publishes report evaluating Draft Ministerial Order establishing the methodology for determining new general tariffs for IP Collective Management Organizations
Spain - November 26 2015 Law 212014, dated 4 November 2014, amending the Spanish Copyright Act (hereinafter, the "Copyright Reform") introduced the following seven criteria...
The new Spanish Copyright Act challenged before the European Commission
European Union - October 27 2015 On October 1, 2015 several Spanish internet users associations (AUI, AI, ISOC-ES, ATI and AEEPP) lodged a complaint with the European Commission to...
