On 1 August 2024, the regulation proposed on 21 April 2021 by the European Commission and adopted on 13 March 2024 by the European Parliament entered into force. This regulation aims to create a single regulatory and legal framework for AI systems operating in the...
The final round of the fight between the two goats, Masia Puigmoltó and Richards Brothers Group (RBG) is over, and the former, like a good Cabró, has left his opponent completely sprawled out on the ground. Round 1 The fight began in the spring of 2021 when...
Context Criteria for determining the possibility of patenting inventions, in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used to assist in the creation of the invention are gradually emerging and consolidating. In February 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a guidance for Artificial...
Rapid changes in technology Currently, we are experiencing major changes that come from the evolution of technology, such as the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, the Metaverse, Augmented Reality or Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Not only people must adapt to this new "reality", but it also can be...
Limitation on the referential use of a third party's trademark The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has just answered the question referred for a preliminary ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court in the context of infringement proceedings concerning the trademark ZARA, which have...
Background In November 2021 we announced on Curell Suñol's blog that Banksy lost his EU trademark number 12575155 (the flower thrower) and, subsequently, in another article in February 2022, we explained that the nightmare continued because other EU trademark registrations were declared invalid as well,...
After much expectation, a long wait and not without controversy, the new Spanish Sports Law was published last December 31. It establishes the new legal regulatory framework for sport. According to the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD), it responds to the regulatory renewal that the...
On 28 July last, Organic Law 7/2022, of 27 July, was published in the Official State Gazette, amending Organic Law 6/1985, of 1 July, on the Judiciary, in relation to the Commercial Courts. This Law has a major impact on our intellectual property practice as, among...
If there is one topic that everyone is talking about, it is the metaverse. This term, which seems futuristic, appeared 30 years ago in the science fiction novel Snow Crash (1992), where Neal Stephenson describes a type of collective virtual space, compatible with physical reality, which he calls...
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