Author Archives: EMHE

New regulation of the intellectual property law

On 2 November last, Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, of 2 November, approved the transposition of various European Union directives, in particular, Directive (EU) 2019/789 laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions by broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of radio and television programmes and Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market.

THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS BANK SANTANDER’S CLAIMS IN THE BANCO POPULAR CASE

On 15 September 2021, the Supreme Court published an order declaring the inadmissibility of the appeals (extraordinary appeal for procedural infringement and cassation) filed by BANCO SANTANDER against the judgment of 8 March 2019 handed down by the Provincial Court of Zamora which upheld the judgment of Benavente Court of First Instance No. 1. In the first instance judgment, the plaintiff’s claim was upheld, declaring the nullity of the contract for the purchase and sale of shares in BANCO POPULAR (now BANCO SANTANDER) on the occasion of the capital increase carried out by the plaintiff in 2016.