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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Court of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division) – Interpretation of Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (OJ 1996 L 77, p. 20), in particular Article 7 – Right of the maker of a database to prevent extraction and/or re-utilisation of part of the contents of the database – Concepts of extraction and re-utilisation (Article 7(2) of the directive) – Database containing information on football matches in progress (‘Football Live’)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 96/9 : paragraphs 25, 26
• Directive 96/9 -A01P2 : paragraphs 3, 19
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : paragraphs 4, 19
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LA : paragraphs 4, 18
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LB : paragraphs 4, 18 - 47
• Directive 96/9 -A07P5 : paragraph 4
• Regulation 44/2001 -A05P3 : paragraphs 6, 29
• Regulation 864/2007 -A08 : paragraphs 7, 31 - 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : paragraph 20
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -585/08 : paragraphs 35, 36, 39, 41, 42
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 : paragraphs 36, 37, 39, 45, 46
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -509/09 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -523/10 : paragraphs 27, 45
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -604/10 : paragraph 25
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -173/11 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/11 : paragraphs 33, 34, 39, 41, 42

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A07

Opinion

• Directive 89/552 -C13 : point 50
  
• Directive 96/9 -A01P2 : point 31
  
• Directive 96/9 -A05LD : point 3
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : point 4
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LA : points 4, 38 - 40, 53
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LB : points 4, 41 - 61
  
• Directive 96/9 -C1 : point 53
  
• Directive 2001/29 : point 50
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : points 38 - 41
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -304/07 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -545/07 : point 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -585/08 : point 56
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -509/09 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 : point 56
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 08/04/2011

Date of the Opinion

• 21/06/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/10/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 194 from 02.07.2011, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 379 from 08.12.2012, p.7

Name of the parties

Football Dataco and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Costes, Lionel: Détermination du lieu où la réutilisation d'une base de données a lieu : les précisions de la CJUE, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 87 p.22-23 (FR)
2. Idot, Laurence: Base de données et localisation de l'acte de réutilisation, Europe 2012 Décembre Comm. nº 12 p.32-33 (FR)
3. Varet, Éléanore: Football Dataco, seconde mi-temps. Contrefaçon en ligne du droit sui generis sur une base de données et compétence juridictionnelle, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 88 p.11-16 (FR)
4. X: Computer Law Review International 2012 Issue 6 p.181-184 (EN)
5. García Mirete, Carmen María: [Obligaciones extracontractuales] - Localización del lugar o lugares en que se entiende cometida la infracción de los derechos de propiedad intelectual - Tribunal de Justicia, Sala Tercera, Sentencia de 18 de octubre de 2012. Asunto C-173/11 [Football Dataco Ltd. e.a. / Sportradar GmbH y Sportradar AG], Anuario español de derecho internacional privado 2012 Tomo XII p.970-974 (ES)
6. Cohen Jehoram, T.: Ruimte uitleg "hergebruik" dekt ook online gegevensverspreiding via buitenlandse webserver, Berichten industriële eigendom 2013 p.26-27 (NL)
7. Smith, Joel ; Montagnon, Rachel: Databases Hosted Outside the United Kingdom can Infringe Rights in UK Databases, European Intellectual Property Review 2013 p.111-131 (EN)
8. Georgiades, Alexandros ; Xanthoulis, Napoleon: On the interpretation of the sui generis right under Directive 96/09/EC and location of its infringement in relation to an online database comprised of live data, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.278-286 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• Freedom of establishment
  
• Freedom to provide services
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Designs and Patents Act 1988

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish