Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 16 September 2021

The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Self-employed commercial agents – Directive 86/653/EC – Article 1(2) – Definition of ‘commercial agent’ – Supply of computer software to customers by electronic means – Grant of a perpetual licence for use – Concepts of ‘sale’ and ‘goods’

Case C-410/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
29/10/2021 The Software Incubator
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:742
16/09/2021 The Software Incubator
Application (OJ)
12/07/2019 The Software Incubator
Request for a preliminary ruling
27/05/2019 The Software Incubator
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:1061
17/12/2020 The Software Incubator
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.04 Free movement of persons and services
    4.04.02 Freedom of establishment
      4.04.02.01 The various activities


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/05/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 17/12/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/09/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

The Software Incubator

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. : Software, die ohne Datenträger vertrieben wird, kann einen Verkauf einer Ware im Sinne der Handelsvertreterrichtlinie darstellen : EuGH v. 17.12.2020 : C-410/19 : Analyse, Internationales Handelsrecht 2021 p. 63-70 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Freedom of establishment

Provisions of national law referred to

Lohn- und Sozialdumping Bekämpfungsgesetz 13/06/2016, Paragraphen 26, 27, 28

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

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Tanchev

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English