MOROCCO TO ACCEPT EUROPEAN PATENTS
30 – March - 2015
Starting on March 1, 2015, European Patents will be accepted to full legal
effect in the Morocco national territory. This is the first non-member state of
the European Patent Organisation to introduce such a measure. Applicants of European
patents will be able at application stage to request validation for Morocco.
These patents will have the same status as national patents and will be subject
to Moroccan law. The EPO has entered into validation
agreements with two further non-member states, Moldova and Tunisia, but this is
the first ever to come into force. The number of countries where patent
protection can be obtained with a single application with EPO is now of 41.
GOOGLE NEWS TO SHUT OPERATIONS IN SPAIN
11-December-2014
The news service hosted by Google (“Google News”) will shut
operations on December 16th in Spain as a result of the recent
reform in Intellectual Property regulation.
Google News is a section within the popular search engine
that offers news headlines and snippets, as well as links to news websites.
Under the new intellectual property law, that will be in force from January
1st, 2015, the reproduction of news by search engines and news aggregators will
generate an unwaivable right for economic compensation for news
publishers. Google News has declared
this to be “non-sustainable” and has decided to suspend the service in Spain.
Google News is a controversial issue across Europe, and each
country is testing different methods to compensate the publishing sector for
their alleged loss to the search engine. Germany has opted for a similar
regulation, with the difference that news publishers may waive their rights to
the compensation fee if they want. France decided last year on a completely
different approach, and Google and the Government signed an agreement to share
their advertising revenue with the publishing industry.
EMPS AT THE ASIPI MEETING IN MEXICO CITY
11 – September - 2014
The ASIPI (Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property)work
sessions and administrative council will take place in Mexico City on November
30th to December 3rd. As every year, EMPS will attend
represented by the partner of the firm Mr Adrian Esquivel.
This year the ASIPI reunion will be particularly festive, as
the association turns 50 this year. The EMPS team takes the opportunity to congratulate
ASIPI in its anniversary for their continuous excellent work during all these
years.
We look forward to seeing you in Mexico.
MAGISTER LVCENTINVS TURNS 20
23-June-2014
The “Magister Lvcentinvs”, master of laws in intellectual
property at the University of Alicante, celebrated on June 21 its 20th
anniversary. This event was attended by alumni, such as two EMPS partners,
Adrian Esquivel and Victoria Sofía Martin Santos, as well as by many
personalities of the European IP world and representatives of organizations
such as OHIM and WIPO. The celebrations for this master, one of the first programs
to be offered in Spain and Europe in the field of IP, took place in the Real Liceu and the Real Club de Regatas in Alicante. The
event was held immediately after ECTA, also held in Alicante this year, and
attended by EMPS representatives as each year.
THE ECJ ENSHRINES THE "RIGHT TO BE FORGOTTEN"
03-June-2014
The European Court of Justice has issued a decision concerning the “right to be forgotten”, resulting from a prejudicial question made by the Spanish National Audience court in the course of a controversy between the Spanish Data Protection Agency and Google Spain. The judgment construes the Directive 95/46/CE on Data Protection and makes two interesting points: first, it declares that a search engine established in Spain must comply with local data protection regulations; secondly, and as a necessary consequence of the first point, it declares the search engine is responsible from the processing of personal data. This means that search engines must apply the users’ rights to oppose and cancel their personal data, as provided for in Spanish regulations, and that they are obliged to remove inadequate, irrelevant or excessive personal data upon the user’s request.
Read the decision in English here.
EMPS WILL BE AT THE INTA ANNUAL MEETING IN HONG KONG
22 - March - 2014
Our firm will be attending the International Trademark Association (INTA) meeting taking place from 10 to 14 May 2014. The 136th edition of the reunion will be held in Hong Kong and will count woth the presence of over 8,500 participants from over 140 countries. The INTA annual meeting is the most important event for trademark professionals, and an unique opportunity to meet with members of the trademark community from all over the world. Like very year, firma partner Adrian Esquivel will be there representing Esquivel, Martin, Pinto & Sessano.
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