Source: Iberian Lawyer
White & Case, has advised Punto FA, the company that markets the well-known Spanish fashion brand Mango, in the dismissal of a lawsuit based on alleged infringements of the intellectual property rights of works of art created by well-known Spanish artists. The lawsuit was filed by the Spanish entity Visual Entidad de Gestión de Artistas Plásticos (Vegap), which manages the intellectual property rights of more than 150,000 authors and artists worldwide.
The litigation has been settled in a landmark ruling by Barcelona Commercial Court No. 9, which has resolved, for the first time in Spain, the issue of striking the right balance between the intellectual property rights of the original artists and the owner’s rights of transformation and innovation, including the right to create new works of art in the metaverse.
The White & Case team in Madrid that has represented Mango has been led by Francisco Málaga, litigation and arbitration partner, and local partner Marcos Soberón, with the collaboration of associates Eloy Algorri and Ainhoa Busto.
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