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Access to information and competition concerns enter the sui generis right’s infringement test – The CJEU redefines the database right

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a nutshell, a specialist search engine engaging in re-use of substantial parts of the database of a job adverts website was accused of violating sui generis database right. The CJEU says that Melons does give “users access, on its own website, to job advertisements contained in [CV-Online Latvia’s] database […].”

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EU copyright law round up – second trimester of 2021

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This case relates to the sui generis database right and its application to the activity of search engines. The Copyright / Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity. CJEU judgments and AG Opinions. CV-Online Latvia, Court of Justice, Case C ?762/19. by Tito Rendas. €