Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Welcome back for the second part of the C-590/23 Pelham II hearing commentary. In part one (here), we covered the interpretation of pastiche. However, a very interesting topic arose in the Court’s pre-emptive questions, and during the oral questions: the interaction of “pastiche” with Article 17 CDSM Directive. This … Read more
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash On 14 January 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated case C-590/23 Pelham II, where the German Federal Court submitted a request for preliminary ruling on the interpretation of “pastiche”. The purpose was to ascertain whether a two-second sample from … Read more
On February 27, 2025, the CJEU delivered an important judgment on the interpretation of Article 15(1)(h) and Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on General Data Protection (GDPR) in C-203/22 CK Magistrat der Stadt Wien v Dun & Bradstreet Austria GmbH. The facts The mobile phone operator refused CK’s request to conclude or extend the mobile telephone contract for a monthly … Read more
Dr Meltem Ineli Ciger, Associate Professor, Suleyman Demirel University Photo credit: Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre, by Konstantin Brizhnichenko, via Wikimedia Commons On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Case C‑753/23 (Krasiliva). This is the second ruling on the Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 (Temporary … Read more
Background to Case C-537/23 Società Italiana Lastre SpA (SIL) v Agora SARL, in which the CJEU held yesterday, is here. The choice of court clause that is the subject of the proceedings reads the court of Brescia [(Italy)] will have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from or related to this contract. [SIL] reserves the right to bring … Read more
