Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 27 June 2013

Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG Wort) v Kyocera and Others (C‑457/11) and Canon Deutschland GmbH (C‑458/11) and Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (C‑459/11) and Hewlett-Packard GmbH (C‑460/11) v Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG Wort)

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof

Intellectual and industrial property — Copyright and related rights in the information society — Directive 2001/29/EC — Reproduction right — Fair compensation — Concept of ‘reproductions on paper or any similar medium, effected by the use of any kind of photographic technique or by some other process having similar effects’ — Consequences of the non-application of technological measures which are available to prevent or restrict unauthorised acts — Consequences of an express or implied authorisation to reproduce

Joined Cases C‑457/11 to C‑460/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
18/07/2013 VG Wort and Others
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:426
27/06/2013 VG Wort and Others
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:426
27/06/2013 VG Wort and Others
Application (OJ)
25/11/2011 VG Wort and Others
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2011:645
06/10/2011 VG Wort and Others
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2013:34
24/01/2013 VG Wort and Others
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Bundesgerichtshof – Interpretation of Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ 2001 L 167, p. 10) – Right to reproduce – Notion of 'reproductions on paper or any similar medium, effected by the use of any kind of photographic technique or by some other process having similar effects' within the meaning of Article 5(2)(a) of that directive – Possible inclusion of reproductions effected by means of printers and plotters

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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
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
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
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
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
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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 05/09/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 24/01/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/06/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 362 from 10.12.2011, p.10

Judgment: OJ C 225 from 03.08.2013, p.9

Name of the parties

VG Wort and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gräbig, Johannes: Gerätevergütung für Drucker und PC, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2013 p.816-818 (DE)
  2. Dreier, Thomas: EuGH, Privatkopie und kein Ende?, Zeitschrift für Urheber- und Medienrecht 2013 p.769-775 (DE)
  3. Zemann, Adolf: EuGH zur Reprographievergütung, Ecolex 2013 p.1011-1012 (DE)
  4. Idot, Laurence: Droit d'auteur, droits voisins, et reproductions effectuées sur papier. La redevance pour la reproduction des oeuvres protégées peut être prélevée sur la commercialisation d'une imprimante ou d'un ordinateur, les États membres disposant d'une grande liberté pour déterminer le débiteur de la redevance, sous réserve de respecter le principe d'égalité de traitement , Europe 2013 Août Comm. nº 8-9 p.46-47 (FR)
  5. González Saquero, Pablo: Jurisprudencia – Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea, Revista española de Derecho Europeo 2013 nº 47 p.193-229 (ES)
  6. Zollinger, Alexandre: Propriété littéraire et artistique - Compensation équitable en matière de reprographie : quels enseignements quant aux notions européennes d'exception et de limitation ?, La Semaine Juridique - entreprise et affaires 2014 nº 36 p.46-47 (FR)
  7. Ferge, Zsigmond: Kiterjed-e a haszonkölcsönzés 2006/115 irányelv értelmében vett fogalma - a nyomtatott művek haszonkölcsönzésének jellemzőihez hasonló feltételek mellett - valamely könyv digitális formájú többszörözött példányának a haszonkölcsönzésre?, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2017 4. szám p.31-73 (HU)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Copyright and related rights

Provisions of national law referred to

Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (in der Fassung vom 25/07/1994), Abs. 1 Urhebergesetz (UrhG), dans sa version du 25.07.1994

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

Malenovský

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English