The European Parliament adopts proposals for a Regulation and a Directive on Community designs

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On December 5, 2024, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached the necessary agreement on the protection of Community designs, which led to the adoption by the European Parliament on March 14 of proposals for a Regulation and a Directive on Community designs.

After more than twenty years in force, Regulation (EC) No. 6/2002 needed to be modernized to adapt to the digital era and to bring this protection closer to independent creators and SMEs.

The Council of the EU will presumably formally adopt these two texts, which will subsequently be published in the Official Journal of the EU.

The creation of the Spanish Copyright Office

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The Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the draft bill for the creation of the Spanish Copyright Office, which will entail -once the law has been approved- the creation in 2024 of an autonomous entity whose main functions will be: the supervision of the sector’s management entities for a fair distribution of the collections, a greater protection of authors against Artificial Intelligence, the registration of Intellectual property, the resolution of conflicts and arbitration, as well as the fight against piracy.

The aim is to respond to the new challenges posed by the sector in the new digital world and artificial intelligence, to improve measures and regulations for the defense of copyright in a more agile way, and to reach the level of other European countries.