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Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Court of Appeal (United Kingdom) – Interpretation of Article 3(1) of Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases (OJ 2003 L 77, p. 20) – Concept of ‘databases which, by reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents, constitute the author’s own intellectual creation’ – Computerised catalogues of the football matches planned for the coming season.

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Decision 94/800 : paragraph 3
• Directive 96/9 : paragraphs 1, 10, 11, 24, 33, 36, 41, 42, 47, 48, 52
• Directive 96/9 -A01P2 : paragraphs 6, 26, 28, 29, 45, 47, 50, 52
• Directive 96/9 -A03 : paragraphs 7, 28, 49
• Directive 96/9 -A03P1 : paragraphs 24 - 29, 32, 40, 43, 44, 47, 50, 52
• Directive 96/9 -A03P2 : paragraph 30
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : paragraph 28
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : paragraphs 8, 27
• Directive 96/9 -A07P4 : paragraphs 8, 27
• Directive 96/9 -A14 : paragraph 9
• Directive 96/9 -A14P2 : paragraphs 50, 52
• Directive 96/9 -C1 : paragraphs 5, 48
• Directive 96/9 -C10 : paragraphs 5, 34
• Directive 96/9 -C12 : paragraphs 5, 34
• Directive 96/9 -C15 : paragraphs 5, 30
• Directive 96/9 -C16 : paragraphs 5, 37, 40
• Directive 96/9 -C18 : paragraphs 5, 51
• Directive 96/9 -C2 : paragraphs 5, 48
• Directive 96/9 -C26 : paragraphs 5, 51
• Directive 96/9 -C27 : paragraphs 5, 51
• Directive 96/9 -C3 : paragraphs 5, 48
• Directive 96/9 -C39 : paragraphs 5, 27
• Directive 96/9 -C4 : paragraphs 5, 48
• Directive 96/9 -C60 : paragraphs 5, 49
• Directive 96/9 -C9 : paragraphs 5, 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/02 : paragraphs 28, 34 - 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -338/02 : paragraphs 28, 34 - 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/02 : paragraphs 26, 28, 34 - 36
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 : paragraphs 37, 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -403/08 : paragraphs 37, 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/09 : paragraphs 37 - 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10 : paragraphs 37, 38

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A01P2
• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A03P1
• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A14P2

Opinion

• Directive 91/250 -A01P3 : point 39
  
• Directive 96/9 -A01 : points 16 - 20, 23
  
• Directive 96/9 -A03 : points 2, 9 - 53
  
• Directive 96/9 -A03P2 : point 14
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : points 3, 11 - 15, 23, 24, 43
  
• Directive 96/9 -A14P2 : points 4, 51
  
• Directive 96/9 -C12 : point 50
  
• Directive 96/9 -C15 : point 14
  
• Directive 96/9 -C3 : point 49
  
• Directive 2006/116 -A06 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/02 : points 11, 14, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -338/02 : points 17, 27
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/02 : points 10, 17, 18, 27, 31
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 : point 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -393/09 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -145/10 : point 40
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 21/12/2010

Date of the Opinion

• 15/12/2011

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

01/03/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 89 from 19.03.2011, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 118 from 21.04.2012, p.5

Name of the parties

Football Dataco and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Levovnik, Jure: Koledar tekem nogometnega prvenstva kot avtorsko delo?, Pravna praksa 2012 nº 10 p.27 (SL)
2. Trézéguet, Marlène: Absence de protection d'un calendrier de rencontres sportives, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 81 p.29 (FR)
3. Castets-Renard, Céline: L'originalité en droit d'auteur européen: la CJUE creuse le sillon, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2012 nº 82 p.6-10 (FR)
4. Hugenholtz, P.B.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2012 nº 433 (NL)
5. Zemann, Adolf: EuGH zu den Voraussetzungen für den Schutz als Datenbankwerk, Ecolex 2012 p.507 (DE)
6. Adobati, Enrica: La Corte di giustizia interpreta la direttiva n. 96/9/CE sulla tutela giuridica delle banche dati, Diritto comunitario e degli scambi internazionali 2012 p.269-271 (IT)
7. Idot, Laurence: Protection juridique des bases de données et calendriers de matchs de football, Europe 2012 Mai Comm. nº 5 p.219 (FR)
8. Marino, Laure: Chronique de jurisprudence. Propriété littéraire et artistique. Arrêt Football Dataco : l'originalité en droit d'auteur de l'Union européenne, Gazette du Palais 2012 nº 214 à 215 Jur. p.11-12 (FR)
9. Marino, Laure: Chronique de jurisprudence. Propriété littéraire et artistique. Arrêt Viaguara : marque Viagra, tu ne parasiteras pas !, Gazette du Palais 2012 nº 214 à 215 Jur. p.15-16 (FR)
10. John, Martin: Kein urheberrechtlicher Schutz für Spielpläne, Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht 2012 p.262-265 (DE)
11. Rose, David ; O'Sullivan, Nina: Football Dataco v Yahoo! Implications of the ECJ judgment, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2012 p.792-800 (EN)
12. Borrás, Alegría ; Pellisé, Cristina: Jurisprudencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea - Propiedad intelectual - Sentencia de 1 de marzo de 2012, Asunto C-604/10, Football Dataco Ltd, Football Association Premier League Ltd, Football League Limited, Scottish Premier League Ltd, Scottish Football League y PA Sport UK Ltd c. Yahoo! UK Limited, Stan James (Abingdon) Limited, Stan James PLC y Enetpulse ApS, Revista Jurídica de Catalunya 2012 nº 3 p.263-265 (ES)
13. Ringnalda, A.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2013 p.23-29 (NL)
14. Walter, Michel M.: Urheberrechtlicher Schutz von Datenbanken, MR-Int : Internationale Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2013 p.28-29 (DE)
15. Georgiades, Alexandros ; Xanthoulis, Napoleon: On copyright protection of databases constituting sporting fixture lists under the Database Directive 96/9/EC, LANDMARK IP DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE 2008-2013 (Ed. Larcier - Brussels) 2014 p.219-228 (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
  

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

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian