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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 28 October 2020

BY v CX

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Svea Hovrätt – Patent- och marknadsöverdomstolen

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Information society – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights – Article 3(1) – Communication to the public – Notion of ‘public’ – Transmission by electronic means to a court of a protected work as evidence in court proceedings

Case C-637/19

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Autres Liens

National decision following the preliminary ruling

13/04/2021

BY (Preuve photographique)

Judgment (OJ)

27/11/2020

BY (Preuve photographique)

Freedom of establishment

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2020:863

28/10/2020

BY (Preuve photographique)

Freedom of establishment

Application (OJ)

18/10/2019

BY (Preuve photographique)

Freedom of establishment

Request for a preliminary ruling

27/08/2019

BY (Preuve photographique)

Freedom of establishment

Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:650

03/09/2020

BY (Preuve photographique)

Freedom of establishment

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : paragraphs 31, 32
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraph 32
Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : paragraphs 1, 4, 16, 18, 20 - 23, 25, 29, 34
Directive 2001/29 -A04P1 : paragraphs 1, 5, 16, 18, 20
Directive 2001/29 -A09 : paragraphs 6, 30
Directive 2001/29 -C3 : paragraphs 3, 31
Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraph 3
Directive 2001/29 -C10 : paragraph 3
Directive 2001/29 -C31 : paragraphs 3, 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/10 -N84 : paragraph 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -135/10 -N85 : paragraph 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/14 -N23 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/14 -N24 : paragraph 29
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N37 : paragraph 22
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N41 : paragraph 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N42 : paragraph 27
Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N26 : paragraph 23
Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N40 : paragraph 25
Court of Justice - Judgment C -265/16 -N45 : paragraph 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/17 -N32 : paragraph 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/17 -N33 : paragraph 32
Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/17 -N34 : paragraph 32
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N45 : paragraph 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N51 : paragraph 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N52 : paragraph 20
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N61 : paragraph 22
Court of Justice - Opinion C -637/19 : paragraph 28

Operative part

Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A03P1

Opinion

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : points 38, 46, 56
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : points 1, 45
TFEU, Article 15 -P3 : point 50
TFEU, Article 267 : point 31
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A06 : point 5
Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A06P1 : point 23
Decision 2000/278 : point 4
Directive 2001/29 : point 56
Directive 2001/29 -A03 : point 7
Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : points 2, 21, 27, 30, 33, 35, 37, 40 - 42, 58, 59
Directive 2001/29 -A04 : point 8
Directive 2001/29 -A04P1 : points 2, 21, 23, 27, 30, 34, 36, 37, 58, 59
Directive 2001/29 -A04P2 : point 33
Directive 2001/29 -A05 : point 41
Directive 2001/29 -A05P1 : point 43
Directive 2001/29 -A05P3 : point 9
Directive 2001/29 -A05P3LE : point 45
Directive 2001/29 -A09 : point 48
Directive 2001/29 -A43P1 : point 33
Directive 2001/29 -C3 : point 6
Directive 2001/29 -C4 : point 38
Directive 2001/29 -C9 : points 6, 38
Directive 2001/29 -C10 : points 6, 38
Directive 2001/29 -C15 : point 6
Directive 2001/29 -C23 : point 38
Directive 2001/29 -C31 : point 6
Directive 2001/29 -C60 : point 48
Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N37 : point 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -199/11 : point 45
Court of Justice - Judgment C -516/13 : point 23
Court of Justice - Judgment C -516/13 -N34 : point 37
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N41 : point 22
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N42 : points 22, 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -117/15 -N43 : point 42
Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/15 -N26 : point 48
Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 : point 38
Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N14 : point 32
Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N19 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N20 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N22 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -469/17 -N72 : point 46
Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/17 -N33 : point 46
Court of Justice - Judgment C -476/17 -N34 : point 46
Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/17 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 : point 35
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N31 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N32 : point 31
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N35 : point 33
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N36 : point 33
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N39 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N45 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N51 : point 34
Court of Justice - Judgment C -263/18 -N52 : point 34

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

27/08/2019

Date of the Opinion

03/09/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

28/10/2020

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

BY (Preuve photographique)

Notes on Academic Writings

Bruguière, Jean-Michel: Droit d'auteur et droits voisins. Droits patrimoniaux. Droit de communication publique, Propriétés intellectuelles 2021 n° 78 p. 46-48 (FR)
Aerde, Thijs van: Auteursrecht in het geding: over auteursrecht op proces- en bewijsstukken : BY/CX : noot : (C-637/19), AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2021 p. 149-151 (NL)
Malovic, Nedim: AG Hogan advises CJEU to rule that disclosure of evidence in court proceedings is not a communication to the public : case C-637/19 BY v CX, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2021 p. 17-18 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Svea Hovrätt - Sweden

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

lag (1960:729) om upphovsrätt till litterära och konstnärliga verk, 2§ 49 a §, 30/06/1961

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Information not available

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

Swedish

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available