Undeniably, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising our world. Equally undeniably, the protection of works created thanks to this technology poses a serious legal challenge.
Tamara Falcó’s wedding continues to be in the journalistic spotlight, touching on multitude of legal aspects. Before the wedding the news broke that the socialite had been left without a wedding dress because she had allegedly asked the designer of her dress to plagiarise the designs of other firms. Now, after the event, the magazine ¡Hola! has been leaked via WhatsApp.
In the past few weeks, the well-known Spanish socialite Tamara Falcó caused quite a stir with her wedding dress and made the front pages of the national press. We are not going to go into the “juicy” details of the events, nor take the side of any of the parties involved, but we do think it is interesting to comment on some of the legal aspects surrounding the matter from the perspective of Industrial Property.
Technology is any tool that facilitates tasks for human beings. Thanks to the digital revolution brought about by the Internet, we see how supposedly disruptive technological advances emerge almost on a daily basis. They shake up our society and promise to solve all our problems.
A few weeks ago, it was reported that the Uffizi Gallery had sued the French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier for using Botticelli’s Venus on his clothes without asking the museum’s permission and ignoring a previous cease-and-desist letter.
One of the biggest challenges that privacy and data protection face today, which if not handled carefully by employers will result in a large number of penalties, is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.
In Spain the Trademark Law underwent an important reform in 2018 as a result of the transposition of EU Directive 2015/2436.
Summer is here and everybody is already thinking about what they are going to do during the holidays. Very few, however, will remember the dangers lurking in terms of cybersecurity.
As described in previous posts, the advent of the Internet and the new digital revolution it has brought in its wake have not only generated endless opportunities for companies but, at the same time, countless challenges.
If you had been asked some years ago which development has entailed the greatest revolution in trade, the answer would have been obvious: the Internet. This is because the Internet and the digital revolution it has brought along have not only generated an endless stream of opportunities for companies to access new consumer bases to market their products and services to – thanks to the opening of new potential markets that transcend traditional borders – but have also brought on a number of unexpected challenges.
The second additional provision of Ministerial Order SND/399/2020, of 9 May, of the Spanish Ministry of Health, which loosened some restrictions at the national level, introduced after the declaration of the national alert applying phase 1 of the New Normalisation Plan (see https://www.boe.es/eli/es/o/2020/05/09/snd399), caused much confusion among Spanish retailers and raised doubts about the application of the prohibition.
Ambas compañías fueron compradas por Black Toro a través de sus sociedades Mistic Triunfo y Michizara en septiembre de 2017 y 2018. Objetos de la compraventa fueron en ambos casos la compra de la marca y el alquiler de los edificios, propiedades de las compañías de moda. En el contrato entre Amichi y Black Toro […]
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.
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.
Despite the international recognition of the Spanish Fashion Industry, Spain appears be one of the EU member states that is most impacted by intellectual property rights infringements.
