As we are going from one heatwave to another, EU copyright law has not stopped producing exciting developments on the judicial and policy front. In this issue we report on CJEU judgments (including…
On 15 January 2026, Advocate General Rantos delivered his Opinion in Anne Frank Fonds (C-788/24), a reference from the Dutch Supreme Court. It puts a familiar problem back before the Court of…
From Infopaq to the Cantemir manuscript: originality at its lower edge?The concept of the “work” is the cornerstone of copyright protection. Only works are capable of being protected (“protectable…
IntroductionOn 12 May 2026, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgement in Case C-797/23, concerning interpretation of Article 15 of the Directive…
IntroductionOn 16 April 2026, the Second Chamber of the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C-496/24, Stichting de Thuiskopie, concerning Article 5(2)(b) of Directive 2001/29 (InfoSoc…
On 14 April 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its judgment in Pelham II, bringing partial closure to litigation spanning more than two decades. The dispute originated…
The question of copyright subsistence in EU copyright law will never get old. In the InfoSoc Directive, the EU legislature harmonised some of the economic rights, but left entirely unaddressed the…
In 2019 the heirs of the famous French film director, author of many Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) films, Claude Chabrol who died in 2010, brought a case against the assignees of 14 films he made between…
In bluechip Computer Aktiengesellschaft v Zentralstelle für Überspielungsrechte (ZPÜ), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) further determines the conditions under which EU Member States…
