Directive On The Enforcement Of IP Rights - Changes To Spanish Law

In May 2004 the Directive EC/2004/48 on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights came into force in response to the need to increase the fight against counterfeiting and piracy in the Internal Market and to harmonize the legislative systems of the Member States regarding the means of enforcing Intellectual Property rights.

The transposition of this Directive will require some changes to the Laws of Member States.

In Spain such a transposition will mean the incorporation of some changes to the current Procedural Law, the Copyrights Law, the Patents Law, the Trademarks Law and the Industrial Designs Law. At present, the Ministry Counsel has adopted a draft Proposal for the transposition of the Directive EC/2004/48, which is now under consultation. Once the text is made into a proposal it will be discussed by the Spanish parliament.