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  • Garrigues tops the Chambers Global 2026 ranking in Spain

    The firm achieves nine Band 1 rankings, two more than last year

  • AI and copyright: from ‘machine-readable’ to ‘machine-actionable’ in the opt-out from TDM: a question of vocabulary or technical governance?

    The debate regarding reservation of rights (opt-out) for AI training has shifted from principles to infrastructure. The German decision in the LAION case rekindles the key issue: how to turn ‘machine-readable’ into a ‘machine-actionable’ mechanism that is interoperable and proportional.

  • New guidance on vehicle data and the Data Act: challenges and opportunities

    The European Commission has published the first guidelines clarifying how the obligations of the Data Act apply to connected vehicles. The document provides guidance for manufacturers, providers and users on access to, and use and transmission of, the data generated by vehicles, paving the way to a new stage in automotive data governance and the structure of future business models based on digital mobility.

  • Let the games begin: the video game as a key player of the entertainment industry

    From a niche pastime to a global phenomenon, video games now stand as a driving force of the entertainment industry. Beyond creativity and technology, they embody a complex fusion of art, technology, and law. As multifaceted works, video games demand thoughtful legal analysis and strategic intellectual property planning from development to launch.

  • The Data Act and cloud switching: keys to the new rules on changing cloud service providers

    The new EU Data Regulation (Data Act) introduces an unprecedented regime to facilitate switching between cloud service providers. The aim: to eliminate the technical and contractual obstacles that have constrained many users. As from September 2025, portability will be a legally binding right with specific obligations for providers.

  • Managing IP names Garrigues the best copyright firm in Spain

    The firm earned this distinction last year too

  • Garrigues’ IP area achieves the maximum distinction in the WTR 1000 2025, in Spain and Portugal

    The ranking has also singled out the work of five of our professionals in both countries

  • The Global IP Awards name Garrigues Firm of the Year in Portugal

    The specialized publications Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) and World Trademark Review (WTR) have recognized the Garrigues IP team in Portugal for the second time.

  • Garrigues receives the award as the best Intellectual Property firm in Portugal in the area of litigation

    The Intellectual Property Department of Garrigues Portugal has won the "Portugal Disputes Firm of the Year" award presented yesterday in London by Managing Intellectual Property, one of the world's most prestigious publications in the field of intellectual property.

  • Architecture and Intellectual Property: Is it possible to protect a building?

    Garrigues IP Blog.