At the beginning of 2018, the sixth book of the Catalan Civil Code came into force, which generally completes the codification process of civil law in Catalonia. The new book contains a large number of relevant novelties and differences to the general Spanish Civil Code...
A new law aiming to establish new standards of protection in the sector of Spanish real estate credit agreements has recently been passed. It will enter into force by mid-June of this year. Purpose The law 5/2019 from 15th March, regulating real estate credit agreements, seeks to...
The EU is bolstering its consumer protection regulations as well as committing to greater transparency in online transactions. For this reason, the EU plans on establishing certain measures that will offer consumers more information and protection when buying goods online. The Committee of Permanent Representatives of...
The Spanish Government has approved a new Royal Decree-Law that incorporates essential novelties in the field of housing and rent, such as the duration of lease contracts, the method of updating the lease and the limitation of additional guarantees to the deposit. However, it will...
The trade secret law aims to enable companies to defend those intangibles that are not registered in any official body, but have an unquestionable economic value for companies or even represent a significant competitive advantage over other companies in the same sector. The new Trade Secret...
At the end of 2018, a Royal Decree-Law came into force, introducing several modifications that affect the regulation of the lease contract significantly. This rule, which has character of law, modifies substantial aspects like the duration of the lease contract, its extensions, the additional guarantees...
The adoption of appropriate technical and organisational measures is no longer sufficient since the adoption of the new LOPDGDD. In recent months we have been providing useful information on the new law on data protection, which brings with it a series of changes to be adopted...
As of January 14, 2019, and after the amendments of the Trademark Law, it will be possible to register non-conventional trademarks such as holograms, position, three-dimensional, color, olfactory, tactile, flavor, etc. The registration of trademarks other than word marks (plain text) or graphic marks (a drawing...
Law on the Promotion of the Startup Ecosystem The Ministry of Economy and Business submits to consultation, until 25 January 2019, the necessary measures to promote the regulation of startups in Spain and requests the participation of the ecosystem agents to express their opinion prior to...
From Monday 3 December, and under a European Regulation, online shops must allow all citizens of the European Union to purchase products on their websites under the same conditions that are offered to local citizens. The new regulation prohibits the use of technological measures such as...