Spain: International Trade & Investment

Fabrizio Miazzetto examines the issues litigants should consider when bringing proceedings before the new CTM and CD court in Alicante and discusses the opportunities for rights owners to forum shop in Europe.

On 1 October 2004, the new Law 15/2003, of 25 November, came into force, reforming the Penal Code and introducing some important practical changes which will affect criminal protection of intellectual property rights.

Law 19/2003, published in the Spanish Official Gazette dated 5^th July 2003, includes in its Third Additional Disposition the normative that, amending Spanish Law 13/1985 on investment coefficients, equity and information obligation of financial intermediaries, rules preferred securities under Spanish legislation