Safeguarding copyright online in Spain – using administrative proceedings

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Manuel Lobato

Of counsel
Spain

I am a Of Counsel in Bird & Bird's Intellectual Property department in the Madrid office.

In Spain, copyright holders can take advantage of a streamlined administrative procedure to challenge and resolve online infringements, rather than pursuing enforcement through the courts. This articles summarises the three stages of the procedure and its advantages when compared to traditional enforcement methods.

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