Reports of Cases

2008 I-07565

Subject-matter

Preliminary ruling – Bundesgerichtshof – Interpretation of Article 7(2)(a) 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) – Adoption of data from a protected database and their incorporation in a different database on the basis of individual assessments following a close examination of those data, without any copying being carried out – Whether such a data adoption and incorporation operation constitutes ‘extraction’ within the meaning of Directive 96/9/EC

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Directive 96/9 : paragraph 45
• Directive 96/9 -A01P1 : paragraph 3
• Directive 96/9 -A01P2 : paragraphs 4, 23
• Directive 96/9 -A03 : paragraph 5
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : paragraphs 6, 28, 34, 37, 42, 44, 46, 51, 58, 60
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : paragraphs 24, 27, 43
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LA : paragraphs 1, 22, 25, 31, 35
• Directive 96/9 -A07P5 : paragraphs 27, 43
• Directive 96/9 -A13 : paragraphs 7, 56
• Directive 96/9 -A16P3 : paragraphs 8, 57
• Directive 96/9 -C7 : paragraphs 30, 33
• Directive 96/9 -C13 : paragraph 37
• Directive 96/9 -C14 : paragraph 38
• Directive 96/9 -C21 : paragraph 38
• Directive 96/9 -C38 : paragraphs 30, 33, 39, 48, 49
• Directive 96/9 -C39 : paragraph 33
• Directive 96/9 -C40 : paragraph 33
• Directive 96/9 -C41 : paragraph 33
• Directive 96/9 -C42 : paragraph 33
• Directive 96/9 -C44 : paragraphs 47, 53
• Directive 96/9 -C47 : paragraph 55
• Directive 96/9 -C48 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/02 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : paragraphs 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 43, 47, 51 - 53, 59

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 96/9 -A07

Opinion

• Directive 96/9 -A01P1 : point 3
  
• Directive 96/9 -A01P2 : point 4
  
• Directive 96/9 -A03P1 : points 5, 37
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07 : point 6
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P1 : points 1, 36, 37, 49, 53, 59, 60
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2 : points 32, 52, 54, 59
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P2LA : points 1, 30, 31, 38, 43, 59, 60
  
• Directive 96/9 -A07P5 : points 36, 49, 53
  
• Directive 96/9 -C7 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C8 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C9 : points 2, 46
  
• Directive 96/9 -C10 : points 2, 46
  
• Directive 96/9 -C11 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C12 : points 2, 46
  
• Directive 96/9 -C17 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C18 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C21 : points 2, 39
  
• Directive 96/9 -C26 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C27 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C38 : points 2, 33, 41
  
• Directive 96/9 -C39 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C42 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C43 : points 2, 42
  
• Directive 96/9 -C44 : point 52
  
• Directive 96/9 -C45 : point 2
  
• Directive 96/9 -C48 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -46/02 : points 29, 32, 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -46/02 : point 1
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -203/02 : points 29, 32, 39, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -203/02 : points 1, 32, 48 - 54, 57
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -338/02 : points 32, 46, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -338/02 : point 1
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -444/02 : points 29, 32, 46, 53
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -444/02 : points 1, 39
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -215/07 : point 1
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 02/07/2007

Date of the Opinion

• 10/07/2008

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

09/10/2008

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 211 from 08.09.2007, p.21

Judgment: OJ C 301 from 22.11.2008, p.9

Name of the parties

Directmedia Publishing

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Rössel, Markus: EuGH: Begriff der "Entnahme" des Inhalts einer Datenbank, Multimedia und Recht 2008 p.810-811 (DE)
2. Sammarco, Pieremilio: Sull'ampiezza del diritto sui generis in relazione all'attività di estrazione del contenuto di una banca di dati non avente carattere creativo, Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica 2008 p.780-787 (IT)
3. Burgstaller, Peter: Datenbankrichtlinie - Entnahme von Elementen, MR-Int : europäische Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2008 p.76-77 (DE)
4. Rambaud, Sandrine: La CJCE apporte de nouvelles précisions sur le droit sui generis des producteurs de bases de données, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2008 nº 44 p.24-26 (FR)
5. Costes, Lionel: Les contours de la notion d'extraction d'une base de données précisés par la CJCE, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2008 nº 43 p.22-24 (FR)
6. Leistner, Matthias: Juristenzeitung 2009 p.101-104 (DE)
7. Milbradt, Claudia: BGH: Keine urheberrechtliche Vergütungspflicht für PC, Computer und Recht 2009 p.7-9 (DE)
8. Arezzo, Emanuela: L'estrazione non autorizzata del contenuto di una banca dati, Il diritto industriale 2009 p.192-197 (IT)
9. Brogi, Elda: La Corte di giustizia interpreta il concetto di "estrazione" dei contenuti di una banca dati, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2009 p.348-353 (IT)
10. Büchele, Manfred: Umfang des Schutzes einer Datenbank gegen Entnahme, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2009 p.208 (DE)
11. Lyčka, M.: Direct Media Publishing: ochrana právnických osob v rámci evropského autorského práva, Jurisprudence : specialista na komentování judikatury 2009 Nº 3 p.40-46 (CS)
12. Hugenholtz, P.B.: AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2009 p.232-233 (NL)
13. Axhamn, Johan: Databasrättens föremål i ljuset av nya förhandsavgöranden, Nordiskt immateriellt rättsskydd 2009 p.144-168 (SV)
14. A., I.: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2009 p.381-383 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG), Art. 97 par. 1, 98 par. 1, 87 a et 87 b

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

Lenaerts

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English