The sound of a can opening followed by several seconds of fizzing is not a trademark, according to the European Union Intellectual...

Esquivel & Martin Santos has been listed in the IAM Patent 1000 ranking of top patent practitioners. The IAM Patent 1000 is commonly...

#patents General media is recently running many stories regarding COVID vaccine patents and the possibility of waiving IP rights to make...

#copyright #tc The Spanish Supreme Court has decided in a recent ruling that the performance of a bullfighter cannot be subject to...

#nintendo #copyright The Commercial Courts of Barcelona have ordered Internet access providers in Spain to block access to three websites...

#wtr1000 World Trademark Review has included Esquivel & Martin Santos in its annual ranking of best intellectual property firms in Spain...

#upc #patents The German upper and lower houses of congress (Bundestag and Bundesrat) adopted the draft ratification bill including the...

#cjeu #ferrari The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided on the case C-720/18 of October 22, 2020 that Ferrari can...

#eu #policy The Council of the European Union, the intergovernmental body that discusses, amends and adopt laws, has issued the plan of...

#iberianlawyer #IBLFortyUnder40 Our partner Victoria Sofía Martín has been shortlisted for the Iberian Lawyer Forty Under 40 awards....

It's that time of the year again - the INTA Annual Meeting. Only this time we won't have the chance to meet in person. That doesn't mean...

#trademarks #myanmar As previously informed in this blog, Myanmar is set to finally launch a trademark system analog to the rest of the...

#copyright #cjeu The CJEU has delivered the decision Constantin Film Verleih v Google and YouTube deciding that a video platform operator...

#trademarks #euipo #moonboot Companies are increasingly trying to look beyond traditional trademarks and attempt the registration of...

#copyrights #brompton #cjeu The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has further extended the applicability of copyright to...

#trademarks #euipo Food group Kraft, owner of the Oreo brand, has succesfully blocked the registration in the EU of a version of their...

#epo #patents The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office has issued an opinion on the matter G3/19 ("Pepper")...

#awards Our firm has been honoured by Global Law Experts with their annual awards under the category Boutique International IP in Spain....

The Notorious Markets report, drafted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative is out, with some interesting new inclusions.

The Executive Director of the EUIPO has today published Decision No EX-20-4, extending until 18 May 2020 all time limits expiring between 1