Sept 2026Patentes y Marcas
A Spanish trade mark or an EU trade mark: which one, and when
A comparison of the Spanish national trade mark and the EU trade mark: territorial scope, unitary character, conversion and the official fees of each route.
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Sept 2026Patentes y Marcas
Someone has registered my business name: what you can do
Opposition, invalidity, bad faith and revocation for non-use: the routes Spanish trade mark law opens if another party registers the name you trade under.
Sept 2026Patentes y Marcas
Registering a trade mark in Spain: the factors behind solid protection
What can be registered, why the earlier-rights search decides the outcome, how the Nice classes work and what the duty of genuine use means for your mark.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Late payment interest and recovery costs: what the law gives the creditor
What a business can claim beyond the invoice principal under Spanish Law 3/2004: statutory payment periods, automatic default interest, the half-yearly statutory rate, compensation for recovery costs and void late payment clauses.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Spain's Law 1/2026 on the social economy: what changes for cooperatives
Law 1/2026 of 8 April, in force since 10 April 2026, reforms Spain's Cooperatives Act and its tax regime: corporate website, equality measures, social security rebates for worker-members and disqualification of false cooperatives.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Force majeure and hardship in international contracts: two different clauses
Force majeure relieves a party where an impediment prevents performance; hardship opens renegotiation where performance is still possible but has become disproportionate. How they differ and what each clause must contain.
Aug 2026Mercantil
The Vienna Convention (CISG): when it applies and how to exclude it
The 1980 Vienna Convention governs international sales of goods by default. When it applies, what it covers, what it leaves out and how to exclude it validly.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Mergers and demergers under Royal Decree-Law 5/2023: Spain's new structural modifications regime
Royal Decree-Law 5/2023 repealed Law 3/2009 and unified the regime for mergers, demergers and other structural modifications. What it covers and what changed.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Dissolution and liquidation of a Spanish company: stages, liquidation quota and liquidator's liability
The three stages of winding up a Spanish company —dissolution, liquidation and extinction—, the shareholders' liquidation quota and the liability of liquidator and shareholders for post-closure debts.
Aug 2026Mercantil
Dissolution for losses: when directors are personally liable
Losses that reduce net equity below half of the share capital oblige the director to call a general meeting within two months. Article 367 LSC makes them jointly liable for the company's debts arising after the ground for dissolution.