Description
Explore intellectual property and European Union trade mark law through a fascinating real legal case.
Propiedad intelectual. El caso George Orwell is an advanced C1 Legal Spanish lesson designed for learners who want to develop their Spanish through sophisticated legal language and contemporary legal issues.
The central text examines the attempt by The Estate of the Late Sonia Brownell Orwell to register GEORGE ORWELL as a European Union trade mark for products and services including books, films and cultural activities. The lesson explores the argument that the name could be perceived as describing the content of those products rather than indicating their commercial origin.
Students work with specialist terminology including registro de marca, objetar la solicitud, recurrir, solicitante, denegación, Sala Ampliada de Recursos and origen empresarial. The activities develop both understanding of the terminology and the ability to use common legal collocations accurately.
A substantial grammar section focuses on quedar + adjective or participle in legal Spanish. Students examine how the structure expresses the result of an action and how it differs from estar + adjective. The lesson also explores its use with different verb tenses through expressions such as queda firme, ha quedado suspendida and quedó firme.
