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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

Also searched as: Case C-649/23, C-649/23 2026, ECLI:EU:C:2026:213.

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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.

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