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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• TFEU, Article 267 : paragraph 31
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) : paragraphs 3, 6
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A06 : paragraph 7
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A06P1 : paragraphs 4, 39, 40
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A07 : paragraphs 7, 40
• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A08 : paragraphs 5, 39, 41
• Directive 2001/29 : paragraphs 37, 55, 56
• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : paragraphs 1, 9, 29, 30
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : paragraphs 10, 28, 33 - 35, 39, 41, 45, 46, 60 - 62, 65, 69, 72
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P3 : paragraphs 10, 33
• Directive 2001/29 -A04 : paragraph 11
• Directive 2001/29 -A04P1 : paragraphs 1, 29, 30, 33, 36, 39, 45, 46, 52
• Directive 2001/29 -A04P2 : paragraphs 1, 29, 30, 33, 36, 52
• Directive 2001/29 -A05 : paragraphs 1, 30
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P1 : paragraph 12
• Directive 2001/29 -C2 : paragraphs 8, 47
• Directive 2001/29 -C4 : paragraphs 8, 48
• Directive 2001/29 -C5 : paragraphs 8, 47
• Directive 2001/29 -C9 : paragraphs 8, 48
• Directive 2001/29 -C10 : paragraphs 8, 48
• Directive 2001/29 -C15 : paragraphs 8, 39
• Directive 2001/29 -C23 : paragraphs 8, 49
• Directive 2001/29 -C24 : paragraph 8
• Directive 2001/29 -C25 : paragraphs 8, 50
• Directive 2001/29 -C28 : paragraphs 8, 51, 52
• Directive 2001/29 -C29 : paragraphs 8, 51
• Directive 2001/29 -PR : paragraph 46
• Directive 2009/24 : paragraphs 54, 59
• Directive 2009/24 -A04 : paragraph 13
• Directive 2009/24 -A04P2 : paragraphs 53, 55, 57
• Commission - COM Document (Draft Legislation) - 51997PC0628 : paragraphs 41, 42, 45, 64, 67
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N35 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N36 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -306/05 -N37 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/06 -N31 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -283/10 -N38 : paragraph 47
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N4 : paragraph 57
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N55 : paragraph 53
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N58 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N59 : paragraph 55
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -355/12 -N23 : paragraph 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N17 : paragraph 49
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/13 -N24 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -279/13 -N25 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -419/13 -N37 : paragraph 52
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -516/13 -N23 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/14 -N33 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -165/14 -N34 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -325/14 -N14 : paragraph 48
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/15 : paragraph 69
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N24 : paragraph 61
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N28 : paragraph 70
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N31 : paragraph 63
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N40 : paragraph 66
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -610/15 -N41 : paragraph 68
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -397/16 -N31 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/17 -N20 : paragraph 38
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -572/17 -N21 : paragraph 39
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -263/18 : paragraphs 54, 58, 59
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -621/18 -N47 : paragraph 38

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2001/29 -A03P1

Opinion

• Agreement with Third Countries or International Bodies - 22000A0411(01) -A06 : point 8
  
• Decision 2000/278 : point 8
  
• Directive 2000/31 -C18 : point 38
  
• Directive 2001/29 : points 56, 63 - 65, 67
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A02 : points 11, 21, 45, 46
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03 : points 23, 31, 55
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P1 : points 12, 20, 99
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P2 : point 36
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A03P3 : point 73
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A04 : points 13, 23, 31, 43, 50, 68, 99
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A04P1 : points 20, 21
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A04P2 : points 20, 21, 55
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05 : point 21
  
• Directive 2001/29 -A05P1 : points 49, 66
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C15 : point 36
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C24 : point 37
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C25 : point 37
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C28 : point 37
  
• Directive 2001/29 -C29 : points 37, 38
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A03 : points 68, 69
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A03P1LA : point 68
  
• Directive 2006/115 -A06 : point 70
  
• Directive 2009/24 : point 63
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A01P1 : point 57
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A02 : point 64
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A04P1LC : point 64
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A04P2 : points 53, 55, 59, 65
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A05 : point 64
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A05P1 : point 66
  
• Directive 2009/24 -A06 : point 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -78/70 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -55/80 : point 2
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/06 : point 43
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -456/06 -N34 : point 24
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -5/08 -N52 : point 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -5/08 -N1 : point 46
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 : points 19, 52, 54
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N45 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N46 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N47 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N48 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N49 : points 55, 59
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N51 : points 56, 64
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N52 : point 55
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N55 : point 65
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N61 : points 55, 60
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -128/11 -N81 : point 66
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N24 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N27 : points 73, 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -466/12 -N28 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -348/13 : point 73
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -166/15 -N38 : point 48
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/15 : point 68
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/15 -N2 : point 71
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -174/15 -N39 : point 69
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N19 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -161/17 -N22 : point 40
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 16/04/2018

Date of the Opinion

• 10/09/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/12/2019

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 61 from 24.02.2020, p.5

Application: OJ C 276 from 06.08.2018, p.14

Name of the parties

Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Abenhaïm, Marc: Propriété intellectuelle - Droits d'auteur, Europe 2020 Février Comm. nº 2 p.71 (FR)
2. Vanherpe, Jozefien F.E.: Boeken toe : geen digitale uitputting bij verkoop van e-books volgens Hof van Justitie : noot, Tijdschrift voor consumentenrecht en handelspraktijken 2020 p. 151-158 (NL)
3. Lucas, André: Droit d'auteur et droits voisins. Titularité des droits, Propriétés intellectuelles 2020 n° 74 p. 46-51 (FR)
4. Visser, Dirk Johan Gerard: Nederlands Uitgeversverbond/Tom Kabinet : noot, AMI: Tijdschrift voor auteurs-, media & informatierecht 2020 p. 30-32 (NL)
5. Kaiser, Ansgar: Exhaustion, Distribution and Communication to the Public – The CJEU’s Decision C-263/18 – Tom Kabinet on E-Books and Beyond, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2020 p. 489-495 (EN)
6. A., I.: Virtual Market for Second-Hand eBooks, Computer Law Review International 2020 p. 22-26 (EN)
7. Rizzuto, Francesco: The European Court of Justice rules in Tom Kabinet that the exhaustion of rights in copyright has little place in the age of online digital formats, Computer and Telecommunications Law Review 2020 p. 108-115 (EN)
8. Ohly, Ansgar: „Öffentliche Wiedergabe“ durch Verkauf „gebrauchter“ E-Books - NUV ua/Tom Kabinet, C-263/18 : Anmerkung, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2020 p. 184-186 (DE)
9. Schmitt, Thomas Rainer: UsedSoft ≠ UsedBook : eine Besprechung des EuGH-Urteils „Tom Kabinet“ : C-263/18, JusIT : IT-Recht, Rechtsinformation, Datenschutz 2020 p. 5-9 (DE)
10. Donk, Berdien B E van der: CJEU rules the right to distribution only applies to tangible digital works : UsedSoft doctrine of exhaustion does not apply to e-books CJEU, C-263/18 (Tom Kabinet), European Intellectual Property Review 2020 p. 516-518 (EN)
11. Huet, Jérôme: Deux revirements de jurisprudence regrettables de la Cour européenne de justice : 1) Pas de marché d'occasion pour les livres numériques…, Revue des contrats 2020, n° 2, p. 48-49 (FR)
12. Geiregat, Simon: Digital exhaustion and internal market law : Tom Kabinet : C-263/18, Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v. Tom Kabinet, Common Market Law Review 2021 p. 1207-1228 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Rechtbank Den Haag - Netherlands

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• French