NINTENDO, VIDEOGAMES, CONSOLES AND COPYRIGHT

On January 23 of this month, the Court of Justice of the EU will dicide on certain issues relating to technological measures implemented by Nintendo to protect their rights (at least this is the purpose stated by Nintendo), giving response to preliminary ruling made by the Court of Milan. The case processing before the Court of Milan is about consoles “DS” and “Wii” manufactured by Nintendo and Nintendo games (or those authorized by Nintendo) which are recorded on data cartridges and DVD…


CAPITAL COMPANIES. Contract freedom between partners.

The fact that the law allows partners to establish “all the pacts and conditions that the founding partners deem appropriate, as long as they are not contrary to the law, and the defining regulatory principles of the chosen social type” (art. 28 TRLSC) in the articles of incorporation and the by-laws is often overlooked. The possibility of including pacts and conditions as a mean to express the autonomy of the will means that there is not precise knowledge about the limits of that autonomy of…


LAW 13/2012, OF DECEMBER 26, ON FIGHTING MEASURES AGAINST ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD

This Law on fighting measures against illegal employment and social security fraud was published in the Official State Gazette of 27 December 2012, modifying certain aspects of the following issues: outsourcing of services issues, Social Security aspects, and infringements and sanctions in social order issues.