News portals can be liable for defamatory comments by readers
In its judgment in the case of Delfi AS v. Estonia of June 16, 2015, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) confirmed that internet news portals may be liable...
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Startups IV: Protection of content (trade secrets and intellectual property rights)
One of the main features of startups is innovation, in other words, solving current problems with groundbreaking ideas. The novelty of these ideas is the added value that these types of business offer the...
A step closer to the reform of the intellectual property law: key features of the debate
As we indicated a few months ago, the partial reform of the intellectual property law continues its journey towards the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament. On Friday, February 14, the Cabinet approved the...
YouTube wins an important case against Telecinco involving the liability of Internet platforms
Carolina Pina’s team at the IP Department advised YouTube in the appeal pitting it against Telecinco in an IP infringement claim. The judgment is extremely important because it concludes that platforms cannot be compelled...
ECHR judgment on liability of internet forums (Delfi AS v. Estonia)
On October 10, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) handed down a judgment on a matter which, while clearly not as significant as the controversial Judgment on the Parot doctrine, still raises...
Google’s legal liability for AdWords
In a judgment handed down on September 23, 2013, Madrid commercial court no. 9 has clarified the rules on the liability of Google AdWords for selling keywords matching registered trademarks. In the case heard...