On January 9 2018 Barcelona Commercial Court Number 5 upheld the patent infringement action filed by Société des Produits Nestlé against Fast Eurocafé, SA on the basis of European Patent (EP) 1.472.156/Spanish Patent 2.260.626 (the ‘156 patent) and EP 1.808.382/Spanish Patent 2.407.963 (the ‘382 patent). Read More
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In 2017 the EU Trademark Regulation (2017/1001) and the Spanish Patents Act (24/2015) entered into force. Both pieces of legislation have affected EU trademark and Community design litigation in Spain. The EU Trademark Regulation is a codified version of the previous EU Community Trademark Regulation (207/2009), taking into account the modifications made by EU Regulation…
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A new edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s most important event in the mobile communications industry, will be held in Barcelona from 26th February to 1st March, 2018. Foreseeing possible conflicts that may exist between the companies participating in the event, the Panel of Judges of the Commercial Courts of Barcelona have…
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January 08 2018 | Contributed by Grau & Angulo. On October 20 2017 Barcelona Commercial Court Number 4 lifted the preliminary injunctions that it had previously granted ex parte at the request of Gilead in relation to the imminent market launch of tenofovir and emtricitabine generic medicinal products by Mylan and Teva. Download
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Grau & Angulo is pleased to welcome two new partners, Ignacio Marqués and Carlota Viola, who have been promoted as of January 2018. Both lawyers hold crucial roles in the firm’s development. Ignacio works in matters relating to patents, trademarks, design, copyright, unfair competition and advertising where he has a wealth of experience both as…
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In addition, five lawyers from Grau & Angulo have been included in the 10th edition of Best Lawyers in Spain in this category: Alejandro Angulo, Jesús Arribas, Jorge Grau, Javier Huarte and Sonia Santos.
Grau & Angulo hosted a breakfast meeting on 24 November 2017 at the Club Financiero Génova in Madrid on Insights into Intellectual Property Enforcement in China INSIGHTS INTO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT IN CHINA CLAVES SOBRE DEFENSA DE PROPIEDAD INDUSTRIAL EN CHINA Breakfast Meeting – Desayuno Informativo Madrid, 24th November 2017 09:45h. AM The flourishing manufacturing ecosystem…
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In Futbol Club Barcelona v Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (Judgment 132/2017, February 17 2017), the Catalonia High Court of Justice revoked a Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) decision which had granted the registration of an industrial design featuring an image of the Camp Nou stadium. Read More
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General Court upholds decision on prior non-registered national trademarks…
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