January 19, 2023 · Patricia Fernández
With the entry into force of Law 28/2022, of December 21, on the promotion of the startup ecosystem, better known as the Startups Law, many of the measures that were analyzed in the post-dated April 21, 2022, regarding the Draft Law, and which we update below, are put into effect.
Read more →November 14, 2022 · Amaia Forcada
The SAR defines patronage as “protection or assistance provided to a cultural, artistic or scientific activity”. In essence, the patron acts selflessly, driven by altruism and its social commitment.
Read more →October 26, 2022 · Neus Vallara
Is the owner of an entity forming part of a horizontal division obliged to state in the transmission deed of the property that no soil polluting activities have been carried out? Last October 11st was published in the Official State release a recent and interesting resolution of the Directorate General of Legal Security and Public Faith in this regard which we proceed to analyse below.
Read more →October 17, 2022 · Roger Quero
On 1 September, the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued a decision (case R 664/2022-1 “Take Five”), which has provided new elements of debate as to whether a slogan can be protected as a trademark. But before analyzing the case and finding out what the EUIPO’s criteria are with regard to this issue, let us introduce some preliminary notes.
Read more →September 29, 2022 · Amaia Forcada
On Tuesday, September 13th, 2022, the Government approved the Bill to protect people who report violations of the European or national legal order, and the fight against corruption.
Read more →June 20, 2022 · Roger Quero
In a revealing presentation on 28 October, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook – now Meta – presented the metaverse as the next level of the Internet, more immersive, where the user will not only observe the experience, but also live it, to do everything he or she can imagine, on a level hitherto unheard of on today’s computers and smartphones: interact with others, work, play and shop.
Read more →April 21, 2022 · Patricia Fernández
Following the approval of the draft promotion law the startup ecosystem, better known as the Startups Law, the answer seems to be yes.
Read more →December 21, 2021 · Ana Sebastián
On October 11, 2021, the measures introduced by Law 11/2021, of July 9th, came into force, regarding measures to prevent and combat tax fraud in relation to computerized or electronic accounting, management and invoicing systems and software .
Read more →December 14, 2021 · MES Advocats
An instrument for 2021-2024 implemented by the European Union (EU) in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
Read more →April 7, 2021 · Irene Moneo
The interpretation of article 3 of the Directive 2001/29/EC about whether it is considered an act of public communication making available to the public , by a third party , a link to a content which is protected by intellectual property and published in another website, has followed the direction of the interpretation done by the CJEU in the notorious cases of SEVENSSON and GS MEDIA.
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