IP-Law DOI: 10.38023/b5a84fbf-373b-4d87-a7d7-d687237cce78

New developments in the EU concept of copyrighted works

Pavel Koukal
Pavel Koukal
Region:

EU

Field of law:

IP-Law

Collection:

Conference proceedings IRIS 2023

Citation: Pavel Koukal, New developments in the EU concept of copyrighted works, in: Jusletter IT 30. März 2023

In the paper, the author discusses the recent developments of the EU concept of copyrighted works in the EU legislation and CJEU case law. First, the author discusses several CJEU decisions and addresses the issue of the 'expression' of the work and its 'sufficiently precise and objective identifiability'. Afterwards, the author comments on the reasoning of the CJEU's judgment in Brompton Bicycle case and concludes that a work which the senses can simply perceive may still need to be 'sufficiently precise and objectively identifiable'. Therefore, the requirement of 'expression' is primarily directed towards the requirement of materialization of the copyrighted work, while the requirement of 'sufficient precision and objective identifiability' is directed towards the exclusion of those elements that are too subjective or vague so that they undermine the legal certainty of other subjects that are obliged to respect copyright related to the subject matter in question, as well as of the authorities enforcing copyright protection.


Table of contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Characteristics of Copyrighted Works in EU Law
  • 3. Development of the Requirement of Sufficient Precision and Objective Identifiability of the Copyrighted Subject-Matter in the case law of the CJEU
  • 4. Sufficiently Precise and Objective Identifiability and Legal Certainty
  • 5. Requirement of Sufficiently Precise and Objective Identifiability and the Materialization of Authorial Work
  • 6. Conclusion
  • 7. References
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