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European Union
UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp (C-128/11)
Judgment
Consideration of the questions referred
Question 2
58

UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp (C-128/11)

Judgment of 3 Jul 2012law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-128-11/para_58@2026-11-10

58Those provisions thus make abundantly clear the intention of the European Union legislature to assimilate, for the purposes of the protection laid down by Directive 2009/24, tangible and intangible copies of computer programs.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-128/11 · ECLI:EU:C:2012:407
Decided: 3 Jul 2012
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
Applicant: UsedSoft GmbH
Defendant: Oracle International Corp.
Rapporteur: K. Lenaerts
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 11 judges
V. Skouris, A. Tizzano, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, K. Lenaerts, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Prechal, K. Schiemann, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, D. Šváby, M. Berger
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0128

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Interprets 1: Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the legal protection of computer programs (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 4: Nederlands Uitgeversverbond and Groep Algemene Uitgevers v Tom Kabinet Internet BV and Others (C-263/18)3 provisions; Nintendo Co. Ltd and Others v PC Box Srl and 9Net Srl (C-355/12)2 provisions; The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates (UK) Ltd (C-410/19); Aleksandrs Ranks and Jurijs Vasiļevičs v Finanšu un ekonomisko noziegumu izmeklēšanas prokoratūra and Microsoft Corp (C-166/15)3 provisions
Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Directive 2001/29/EC; Infopaq International A/S v Danske Dagblades Forening (C-5/08); 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); Martin Luksan v Petrus van der Let (C-277/10); Peek & Cloppenburg KG v Cassina SpA (C-456/06); DR and TV2 Danmark A/S v NCB – Nordisk Copyright Bureau (C-510/10); Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the legal protection of computer programs (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance); Club Hotel Loutraki AE and Others v Ethnico Symvoulio Radiotileorasis and Ypourgos Epikrateias and Aktor Anonymi Techniki Etaireia (Aktor ATE) v Ethnico Symvoulio Radiotileorasis (C-145/08, C-149/08); Foreningen af danske Videogramdistributører, acting for Egmont Film A/S, Buena Vista Home Entertainment A/S, Scanbox Danmark A/S, Metronome Video A/S, Polygram Records A/S, Nordisk Film Video A/S, Irish Video A/S and Warner Home Video Inc. v Laserdisken (C-61/97); UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp (C-128/11); Metronome Musik GmbH v Music Point Hokamp GmbH (C-200/96); Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace eV (C-34/10)