Intellectual property legislation

Spanish legislation

Intellectual property	Royal Legislative Decree 1 / 1996, of 12 of April, by which the consolidated text of the Law of Intellectual Property is approved, regulating, clarifying and harmonizing the legal provisions in force on the matter Royal Decree-Law 24/2021, of 2 November, on the transposition of European Union directives on guaranteed bonds, cross-border distribution of collective investment undertakings, open data and re-use of public sector information, exercise of rights copyright and related rights applicable to certain online broadcasts and broadcasts of radio and television programs, temporary exemptions from certain imports and supplies, of consumers and for the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles Intellectual property legislation (Mº Cultura)
Industrial property	Law 24/2015, of July 24, on patents (BOE no. 717, of July 25, 07) Law 17/2001, of 7 December 2001, on trademark regulations. (BOE no. 294, of 08-12-2001, supplement 1, pp. 10-33) Law 20 / 2003, of July 7, of Legal Protection of Industrial Design (BOE No. 162, of 08-07-2003, page 26348-26368)
Services of the information society and electronic commerce	Law 2/2011, of 4 March, on a sustainable economy 34 / 2002 Law, July 11, of services of the information society and electronic commerce (BOE number 166, of 12-07-2002) 10 / 2007 Law, from 22 in June, of reading, of the book and libraries 10 / 2001 Law, from 13 in July, of files and documents (DOGC number 3437, from 24-7-2001)
Bibliographic identifiers	Royal Decree 2063 / 2008, of 12 of December, by which 10 / 2007, 22 of June of the Reading, the book and the libraries regarding the ISBN are developed Law 23 / 2011, of 29 July, of legal deposit [modified by Law 8/2022, of May 4] Royal Decree 635 / 2015, of 10 of July, regulating the legal deposit of publications online [25 / 10 / 2015 comes into effect]
Databases	Law 5/1998 of 6 March, incorporating into Spanish law Directive 96/9 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases
University education	Royal Decree 99 / 2011, of 28 of January, by which regulate the official doctoral lessons (BOE, num. 35, 10 of February of 2011, page 13909-13926) 14 / 2011 Law, of June 1, of Science, Technology and Innovation (BOE No. 131, of 2 of June of 2011) Organic Law 6 / 2001, from 21 of December, of universities

Spanish legislation: latest changes

Some of the articles in the Real Decreto-ley 24/2021 related to intellectual property (effective November 4, 2021):

Art. of RDL 24/2021	Content
Art 67	Text and data mining
Art 68	Use of works and other services in digital and cross-border pedagogical activities
Art 69	Conservation of cultural heritage
Art 70	Cake
Art 71	Use of works and services outside the commercial circuit by the institutions responsible for cultural heritage
Art 72	Public works of visual art
Art 73	Use of protected content by sharing service providers to share content online

Please note that RDL 24/2021 only modifies the following articles of the Intellectual Property Law (RDLeg 1/1996), as set out in its 80 article (therefore, there are cases in which both the RDLeg 1/1996 like the RDL 24 / 2021):

Art. from the modified LPI	Content21
Art. 20.2, paragraph f	Broadcasting of broadcast works
Art. 32, App. 2	Provision by electronic service providers of aggregation of content, texts or excerpts of texts from press releases
Art 47	Revision action for unequal remuneration
Art. 48 bis	Right of revocation
Art 58	Concept of the publishing contract
Art 110	Employment contract and service lease
Art. 129 bis	Rights of publishers of press publications and news agencies with respect to the online use of their press publications
Art 130	Duration of rights
Art. 194, ap. 3 and 5	Functions of mediation, arbitration, tariff determination and control
Transitional provision 22a	Press releases

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European directives and international treaties

European directives
Copyright	Directive 2019 / 790 of the European Parliament and the Council of 17 of April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the digital single market and amending Directives 96 / 9 / CE and 2001 / 29 / CE (Text with EEA relevance) 2006 / 115 / CE Directive of the European Parliament and Council, of 12 of December of 2006, on rights of rent and loan and other rights related to the copyright in the field of the intellectual property (Codified version) [This directive replaces the 92 / 100 / CE Council Directive, 19 of November of 1992, on rental and loan rights and other rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property]. Directive 2006/116 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version) [This directive replaces the 93 / 98 / CEE Council Directive of 29 of October of 1993, regarding the harmonization of the terms of protection of copyright and certain related rights].
Works Orphans	Directive 2012 / 28 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 25 of October of 2012, on certain authorized uses of the orphan works. Relevant text for the purposes of the EEA
Databases	Directive 1996 / 9 / CE of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 11 of March of 1996, on the legal protection of the data bases
International treaties
WIPO Lex: Spain	Collection of the treaties administered by theWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

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