Recently, a remarkable step was taken by the Judges of the
Commercial Courts of Barcelona, whereby they have set up a protocol
of action that will allow holders of Intellectual Property Rights
to obtain preliminary injunctions in cases of infringement in an
extraordinarily short time during the upcoming Mobile World
Congress.
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the largest mobile industry
congregation in the world, bringing together the latest innovations
and leading-edge technology from the leading companies. It is the
most important congress in the field of communication and mobile
telephony, which will be held in Barcelona from February 25 through
February 28, 2019. This is the fifth time when the Courts of
Barcelona had provided this important international forum to enable
the adoption of preliminary injunctions and the handling of
preventive briefs under the most urgent conditions. For the first
time, the Protocol is agreed jointly by the Mercantile Court
