Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-649/23Institutul de Istorie şi Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu” and Fundaţia Naţională pentru Ştiinţă şi Artă v HK, en qualité d'héritier de TB and Others
- Decided
- 2026-03-19
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2026:213
- CELEX
- 62023CJ0649
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Directive 2001/29/EC – Harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society – Reproduction right – Article 2(a) – Concept of a ‘work’ – Protection of works by copyright – Conditions – Directive 2006/116/EC – Article 5 – Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works – Article 2 – Critical edition of a pre-existing work the purpose of which is to restore a Latin manuscript – Intellectual creation reflecting the personality of its author, by expressing the latter’s free and creative choices – Subject matter identifiable with sufficient precision and objectivity.
Interprets
Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
The row repeats what the source states. It is not a summary, not a conclusion about any single case and not legal advice.
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