Reports of Cases
published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)
Subject-matter
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Bundesgerichtshof – Interpretation of Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Free movement of goods – Industrial and commercial property – Sale of reproductions of works in a Member State in which the copyright on those works is not protected – Transport of those goods to another Member State in which the infringement of the copyright is sanctioned under criminal law – Situation in which the transfer of property to the purchaser was made in the Member State of origin and the transfer of the de facto power of disposal takes place in the State of destination – Criminal proceedings against the transporter for aiding and abetting the unlawful distribution of a work protected by copyright law
Systematic classification scheme
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.11 Approximation of laws
4.11.09 Harmonised intellectual property rights
4.11.09.03 Copyright and related rights
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
4.02 Free movement of goods
4.02.02 Prohibition of quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
4.02.02.03 Derogations
4.02.02.03.04 Protection of industrial and commercial property
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Citations of case-law or legislation
References in grounds of judgment
Operative part
Opinion
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17
-P2 : point 75
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49
: point 75
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 49
-P1 : point 76
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TFEU, Article 18
: point 60
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TFEU, Article 34
: points 3, 17, 19, 20, 59 - 77
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TFEU, Article 36
: points 3 - 5, 17, 19, 20, 22, 59 - 77
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Directive 89/104
-A05 : point 35
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Directive 92/100
-C20 : point 25
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Decision 94/800
: point 7
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Regulation 40/94
-A09 : point 35
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Directive 98/71
: point 29
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Directive 98/71
-A17 : point 31
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Directive 2001/29
: point 60
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Directive 2001/29
-A02 : points 25, 42, 46
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Directive 2001/29
-A03 : points 25, 46
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Directive 2001/29
-A04 : points 25, 46
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Directive 2001/29
-A04P1 : points 4, 6, 7, 19 - 22, 28, 40 - 58, 69 - 70, 72
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Directive 2001/29
-A04P2 : points 53, 71
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Directive 2001/29
-A05P2LB : points 36, 58
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Directive 2001/29
-A05P5 : points 36, 58
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Directive 2001/29
-A08P1 : points 56, 74
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Directive 2001/29
-A08P3 : point 56
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Directive 2001/29
-C28 : point 53
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Directive 2001/29
-C58 : point 74
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Regulation 44/2001
: point 35
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Regulation 1383/2003
: point 26
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Directive 2004/48
: points 23, 26
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Directive 2004/48
-A11 : point 56
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Directive 2004/48
-C17 : point 75
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Directive 2004/48
-C28 : point 74
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Directive 2004/48
-C5 : point 26
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Directive 2006/115
: point 25
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Regulation 864/2007
-A08 : point 30
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Regulation 864/2007
-A08P3 : point 51
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -78/70
: point 59
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -113/80
: point 62
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -187/80
: point 63
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/85
: point 66
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -35/87
: points 60, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -341/87
: points 59, 65, 66
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -317/91
: points 60, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -92/92
: points 60, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -427/93
: points 59, 60
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -360/00
: points 60, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -387/02
: point 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -28/04
: points 60, 71
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/04
: points 25, 33
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -338/04
: point 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/06
: points 32, 45, 47, 48
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08
: point 27
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -585/08
: point 55
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -462/09
: points 51, 68
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -168/09
: points 31, 32, 59
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09
: points 35, 38, 55, 58
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -352/09
: point 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -462/09
: points 36 - 38
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Court of Justice - Opinion C -604/10
: point 27
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -17/10
: point 76
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10
: point 27
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -277/10
: point 36
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -523/10
: point 35
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -61/11
: point 74
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Court of Justice - Judgment C -329/11
: point 74
Dates
Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings
Date of the Opinion
Date of the hearing
Information not available
Date of delivery
21/06/2012
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 103 from 02.04.2011, p.14
Judgment: OJ C 250 from 18.08.2012, p.3
Name of the parties
Donner
Notes on Academic Writings
- Castellaneta, Marina: Sanzioni penali per tutelare il diritto d'autore compatibili con la libera circolazione dei beni, Guida al diritto 2012 nº 28 p.99-101 (IT)
- Costes, Lionel: Possibilité de restreindre la libre circulation des marchandises pour des raisons de protection du droit d'auteur, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 84 p.13-14 (FR)
- Simon, Denys: Propriété industrielle et commerciale, Europe 2012 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 8-9 p.26 (FR)
- Sobotta, Christoph: Warenverkehrsfreiheit/Urheberrecht: Beihilfe zum unerlaubten Verbreiten urheberrechtlich geschützter Werke durch Spediteur, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.665-666 (DE)
- Eichelberger, Jan: (Wieder-)Ausdehnung des urheberrechtlichen Verbreitungsrechts durch den EuGH?, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2012 p.954-959 (DE)
- Dumitraşcu, Augustina: Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene. Hotărârea Curţii de Justiţie Europene din 21 iunie 2012, cauza nr. C-5/11, Curierul Judiciar 2012 p.504-505 (RO)
- Salung Petersen, Clement ; Riis, Thomas ; Schovsbo, Jens: Den ophavsretlige spredningsret og køb af kopivarer - Efter EU-Domstolens afgørelse i Donner-sagen, Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen B 2012 p.386-390 (DA)
- Lauterbach, Thorsten: Copyright law trumps free movement of unlawfully distributed goods, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2013 p.13-15 (EN)
- Van Gompel, S.J.: AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2013 p.118 (NL)
- Krook, Asa ; Langenskiöld, Katarina: On the application of cross-border distribution rights and free movement rules for cross-border sales, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.229-233 (EN)
Procedural Analysis Information
Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling
Bundesgerichtshof - Germany
Subject-matter
- Free movement of goods
- - Quantitative restrictions
- Freedom of establishment
- Freedom to provide services
- Approximation of laws
- Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- - Copyright and related rights
Provisions of national law referred to
Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG), Paragraphen 17, 106 und 108a
Provisions of international law referred to
Information not available
Procedure and result
- Reference for a preliminary ruling
Formation of the Court
quatrième chambre (Cour)
Judge-Rapporteur
Schiemann
Advocate General
Jääskinen
Language(s) of the Case
Language(s) of the Opinion