In its judgment of April 19, 2018, C-645/16 (ECLI:EU:C:2018:262), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarifies that the indemnity or compensation for damage following termination of the commercial agency contract, established in article 17 of Council Directive 86/653/EEC, apply even when the termination of the contract occurs during the trial period.

The European Union General Court (EGC), in its judgment of July 12, 2018, dismissed the appeal filed by Spain’s Regulating Council for Cava against Cave de Tain, confirming the registration of the European Union trademark that includes the words Cave de Tain. In 2012, the French owners’ association Cave de Tain L’Hermitage filed an application to the

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has annulled the judgment of the EU General Court (EGC) on the Spanish tax lease system, which, in turn, annulled a European Commission (EC) decision that considered the Spanish tax lease to be a prohibited state aid.

In an expected decision handed down on July 11, 2018 (case C–60/17), in response to two preliminary rulings by the High Court of Justice (“HCJ”) of Galicia, the Luxemburg court may have laid the groundwork for the Spanish Supreme Court (“SC”) to amend its case law on the effects of conventional subrogation in labor-intensive sectors.

On January 12, 2018, Royal Decree 2/2018 was approved, under which professional football entities and clubs participating in La Liga (the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system) must meet financial obligations proportionate to the income earned from selling audiovisual rights.