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Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10)
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Consideration of the questions referred
The fourth question
97

Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10)

Judgment of 1 Dec 2011law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-145-10/para_97@2026-11-12

97Moreover, nothing in Directive 2001/29 or in any other directive applicable in this field supports the view that the extent of such protection should depend on possible differences in the degree of creative freedom in the production of various categories of works.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-145/10 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:798
Decided: 1 Dec 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria)
Applicant: Eva-Maria Painer
Defendants: Standard VerlagsGmbH; Axel Springer AG and 3 more
Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH; Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co KG; Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg Expedition der Kölnischen Zeitung GmbH & Co KG
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: V. Trstenjak
Bench: 5 judges
K. Lenaerts, J. Malenovský, E. Juhász, G. Arestis, T. von Danwitz
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62010CJ0145

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Freedom of establishment Judicial cooperation in civil matters

History · 1 version

1 Dec 2011Reading

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Interprets 3: Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; Directive 2001/29/EC4 provisions; Council Directive 98/93/EC of 14 December 1998 amending Directive 68/414/EEC imposing an obligation on Member States of the EEC to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products
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Cites 23: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; Directive 2001/29/EC; 94/800/EC: Council Decision (of 22 December 1994) concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994); Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (codified version); Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España (SGAE) v Rafael Hoteles SA (C-306/05); Infopaq International A/S v Danske Dagblades Forening (C-5/08); Stichting de Thuiskopie v Opus Supplies Deutschland GmbH and Others (C-462/09); 2000/278/EC: Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; Football Association Premier League Ltd and Others v QC Leisure and Others and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd (C-403/08, C-429/08); Freeport plc v Olle Arnoldsson (C-98/06); Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonizing the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights; The Queen, on the application of ABNA Ltd and Others v Secretary of State for Health and Food Standards Agency, Fratelli Martini & C. SpA and Cargill Srl v Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali and Others, Ferrari Mangimi Srl and Associazione nazionale tra i produttori di alimenti zootecnici (Assalzoo) v Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali and Others and Nederlandse Vereniging Diervoederindustrie (Nevedi) v Productschap Diervoeder (C-453/03, C-11/04, C-12/04, C-194/04); Athanasios Kalfelis v Bankhaus Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst and Co. and others (189/87); Federico Cipolla v Rosaria Fazari, née Portolese and Stefano Macrino and Claudia Capoparte v Roberto Meloni (C-94/04, C-202/04); Unión General de Trabajadores de La Rioja (UGT-Rioja) and Others v Juntas Generales del Territorio Histórico de Vizcaya and Others (C-428/06); The Queen, on the application of: Swedish Match AB and Swedish Match UK Ltd v Secretary of State for Health (C-210/03); Arnold André GmbH & Co. KG v Landrat des Kreises Herford (C-434/02); Michaniki AE v Ethniko Symvoulio Radiotileorasis and Ypourgos Epikrateias (C-213/07); Bacardi-Martini SAS and Cellier des Dauphins v Newcastle United Football Company Ltd (C-318/00); Stichting ter Exploitatie van Naburige Rechten (SENA) v Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) (C-245/00); Cooperativa Lattepiù arl v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), Azienda Agricola Marcello Balestreri e Maura Lena v Regione Lombardia and Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA), and Azienda Agricola Giuseppe Cantarello v Azienda di Stato per gli interventi nel mercato agricolo (AIMA) and Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (C- 451/00) (C-231/00, C-303/00, C-451/00)