Ruling 3/2019 of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which responds to the consultation by the European Commission regarding the relationship between the Clinical Trial Regulation (CTR) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), covers aspects such as the lawfulness of personal data and possible processing of special categories of personal data. The EDPB opts […]
This entry was posted on 15 July 2019 by Consuelo Álvarez in IT and Data Protection.
On 25 May the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) began to apply directly. The regulation, motivated by current technological advances and the complexity of the processing of personal data, was intended to find a new formula to guarantee an adequate level of protection for natural persons in the European Union and avoid divergences that hinder the free circulation of personal data within the internal market.
This entry was posted on 13 May 2019 by Consuelo Álvarez in IT and Data Protection.
It entered into force on 31 July 2018: Royal Decree-Law 5/2018, of 27 July, on urgent measures to adapt Spanish law to the European Union regulations on data protection, approved by the Ministers’ Council and published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) on 30 July 2018. While the Draft Organic Law navigates through parliament, the Government has approved these regulations to adapt the data protection regulations to the General Data Protection Regulation, directly applicable since 25 May 2018.
This entry was posted on 9 August 2018 by Consuelo Álvarez in IT and Data Protection.
The protection of designs in the fashion industry continues to be an unresolved problem. Much of the current litigation in the clothing sector deals with infraction of industrial design due to the increase in “knockoffs” of designers’ creations. In the fashion industry there is still discrepancy about whether knockoffs are authentic copies of the original designs or if they are simply inspirations.
This entry was posted on 17 April 2018 by Vanessa Guzek in IP.
Directive 2001/29/EC determined the introduction of certain limits to intellectual property rights, inter alia, the patrimonial right to reproduction, which allows the holder to authorise or prohibit the production of copies of his work.
This entry was posted on 10 July 2017 by Consuelo Álvarez in IT and Data Protection.
On April 1st the new Patent Act (“PA”) (“Ley 24/2015, de 24 de julio, de Patentes”) will substitute the current legislation. The main aim of the new Act is to simplify the patent protection of innovation and promote legal certainty by establishing a single method of patent granting, which requires a prior examination of novelty and inventive step.
This entry was posted on 22 May 2017 by Consuelo Álvarez in IP.
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