Author Archives: Administrador

Essential Patents and IoT: A Coming New Wave of Patent Litigation? – Jesús Arribas and Ana-Laura Morales

The European Parliament approves world’s first regulation on Artificial Intelligence

NUTRIBEN marks granted enhanced protection in BIONUBEN dispute

Joint European Commission-EUIPO report on detentions of productsinfringing industrial and IP rights

Position marks: geometric sign located on side of shoe can be inherently distinctive

Intellectual property fast action protocol MWC 2024

NFTs and IP in Spain overview and ongoing litigation

Judgment of acquittal overturned due to incorrect assessment of evidence

Standard essential patents and FRAND licences EU regulation proposal

Office chair headrest designs found to invalidate later Community design consisting of garden chair headrest – World Trademark Review

Barcelona court lifts ex parte preliminary injunction over dimethyl fumarate medicinal products

Barcelona court rules on need to prove patentability requirements of subsidiary patent claims

New developments in IP legislation for 2023 in Spain

Specific protocol to protect IPR for MWC 2023

ECJ finds that Spanish copyright legislation aligns with EU law with respect to compensation for private copying

Court confirms legality of actions which led to criminal procedure instruction in IP matter

Spanish patent court upholds patent infringement actions against Telefónica in relation to its pay television platform Movistar +

Court confirms compatibility of sangria trademarks LOLEA and LOLA MOLA

Court rules that architectural project involving ancient oak tree does not infringe prior project proposal

Modernisation of Spanish justice system key changes

Malaga Court of Appeal requires first-instance court to specify bases to establish defendant’s civil liability in counterfeit clothing case

Supreme Court confirms compensation of €561,240.37 for using competitor’s trademark as AdWord

Malaga Court of Appeal requires first-instance court to specify bases to establish civil liability of convicted individual

Barcelona Court of Appeal confirms revocation of ezetimibe and simvastatin SPC

Court requires defendant to pay bond of more than €1.5m during preliminary investigation phase of proceedings

Criminal conviction upheld following annulment of prior acquittal

Specific protocol to protect IP rights for MWC 2022

Madrid Court of Appeal confirms dismissal of infringement action in bosentan patent case

Trademarks in Spain: procedures, examination and opposition

Supreme Court rejects consumer error theory

Specific Protocol to protect IPR for the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s largest and most important event in the mobile communications industry, which will be held in Barcelona from 28 June to 1 July, 2021.

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Catalonia High Court of Justice confirms grant of DYNAMIC SANTIVERI trademark

On 23 February 2021 the Fifth Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the Catalonia High Court of Justice (CHCJ) dismissed a contentious-administrative appeal filed by Laboratorios ERN SA, thus confirming the grant of Spanish Trademark 3,717,283, DYNAMIC SANTIVERI.

Second-instance court nullifies acquittal due to incorrect interpretation of IP crime

On 2 February 2021 the Madrid Court of Appeal nullified a first-instance trial court judgment which had acquitted the defendants of committing a criminal offence.

Barcelona Court of Appeal confirms legitimacy of Tommy Hilfiger’s use of TH sign

In an 18 January 2021 judgment, the Barcelona Court of Appeal confirmed the 4 December 2019 judgment of Barcelona Commercial Court 6 which dismissed a trademark infringement action brought against Hilfiger Stores Spain (HSS), SL