Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 June 2021

Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Limited v Telenet BVBA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Copyright and related rights – Directive 2001/29/EC – Article 3(1) and (2) – Concept of ‘making available to the public’ – Downloading of a file containing a protected work via a peer-to-peer network and the simultaneous provision for uploading pieces of that file – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 3(2) – Misuse of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 4 – Persons entitled to apply for the application of measures, procedures and remedies – Article 8 – Right of information – Article 13 – Concept of ‘prejudice’ – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Point (f) of the first subparagraph of Article 6(1) – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Lawfulness of processing – Directive 2002/58/EC – Article 15(1) – Legislative measures to restrict the scope of the rights and obligations – Fundamental rights – Articles 7 and 8, Article 17(2) and the first paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Case C-597/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
16/07/2021 M.I.C.M.
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:492
17/06/2021 M.I.C.M.
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:492
17/06/2021 M.I.C.M.
Application (OJ)
25/10/2019 M.I.C.M.
Request for a preliminary ruling
06/08/2019 M.I.C.M.
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:1063
17/12/2020 M.I.C.M.
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.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.11 Freedom of expression and information
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
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
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.17 Right to property
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.47 Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.04 Fundamental rights
    1.04.03 The fundamental rights
      1.04.03.08 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.01 Protection of personal data
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.11 Information and communication technologies
      4.11.11.01 Telecommunications


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/08/2019

Date of the Opinion

  • 17/12/2020

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

17/06/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

M.I.C.M.

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bruyas, Pierrick: Propriété intellectuelle - Droit d'auteur, Europe 2021, n° 8-9 août, comm. 310 (FR)
  2. Hofmann, Franz: Ist der Kampf von „Urheberrechtstrollen“ gegen rechtswidriges Filesharing erlaubt? : Zugleich Besprechung von EuGH „Mircom“ : C-597/19, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2021 p. 1142-1145 (DE)
  3. Dijkman, L.E.: Mircom International Content Management & Consulting (M.I.C.M.) Ltd/Telenet BVBA : zaak C-597/19 : noot, Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2021 p. 301-304 (NL)
  4. Blassel, Pauline: Les sociétés dites de copyright troll peuvent-elles collecter les adresses IP d'utilisateurs de réseaux pair à pair ? La Cour dit « oui », mais sous certaines conditions, Dalloz IP / IT 2021, nº 12, p. 641-644 (FR)
  5. Léonard, Amandine: Excessive or abusive reliance on measures, procedures and remedies under Directive 2004/48/EC : the issue of ‘trolls’ in the IP enforcement framework in light of Case C-597/19 Mircom, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2022 p. 387-396 (EN)
  6. Bruguière, Jean-Michel: Peer-to-peer – Téléversement de segments de fichiers médias par les utilisateurs – Droit de communication au public (oui), Propriétés intellectuelles 2022, n° 82, p. 28-30 (FR)
  7. Bruguière, Jean-Michel: Titulaires des droits non exploitants – Qualité à agir – Préjudice – Droit d’information – Abus de droit, Propriétés intellectuelles 2022, n° 82, p. 51-53 (FR)
  8. Bruguière, Jean-Michel: Lutte contre la contrefaçon – Collecte des données personnelles – Adresse IP, Propriétés intellectuelles 2022, n° 82, p. 54-55 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen - Belgium

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

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French