The Spanish Supreme Court rules on copyright ownership of characters depicted in artworks

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Sorin Vilceanu

Associate
Spain

I am an associate in Bird & Bird´s Intellectual Property department in the Madrid office.

The Spanish Supreme Court has established a clear distinction between the copyright of artworks and the copyright of characters featured in those artworks. This acts as a wake-up call to reinforce attention on the definition of the scope and subject matter of assignment contracts.

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