Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on February 26, 2008
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2008 3(4):218-220; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpn024
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A bridge too far: Calatrava's bridge is copyright-protected, but not enough
Designs Department, OHIM, Alicante
Bilbao Commercial Court No. 1, Judgment No. 543/2007, 23 November 2007
Litigation over one of Santiago Calatrava's works in Bilbao, Spain, illustrates the difficult balance to be construed by courts between the right to preserve the integrity of an architectural work and the public interest of local authorities to alter it, when urban development requires so.
Correspondence: Email: jose.izquierdo{at}oami.europa.eu