“The Spanish Supreme Court applied the Cofemel doctrine and decided that bullfighting routines, or faenas, are not eligible for copyright protection. Article 10 section 1 of the Spanish Intellectual Property law contains a non-exhaustive list of works protectable by copyright. The routines and movements of bullfighting, a traditional performance art typical of Spain, Southern France and Latin America, do not appear in such list …” (more)
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Victoria Sofía Martín Santos, ‘Bullfighting denied copyright protection by Spanish Supreme Court’, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpab066. Published: 17 April 2021.
First posted 2021-04-21 12:30:14
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