Institutul de Istorie şi Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu” and Fundaţia Naţională pentru Ştiinţă şi Artă v HK and Others (C-649/23)

Judgment of 19 Mar 2026

law://eu/cjeu/2023/c-649-23/para_62@2026-11-13

62In that regard, as has been recalled in paragraph 60 of the present judgment, the concept of a ‘work’ referred to in Directive 2001/29 necessarily implies the existence of an expression which makes it identifiable with sufficient precision and objectivity (see, to that effect, judgment of 13 November 2018, Levola Hengelo, C‑310/17, EU:C:2018:899, paragraph 40), in relation to the parts corresponding to the original work.

Institutul de Istorie şi Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu” and Fundaţia Naţională pentru Ştiinţă şi Artă v HK and Others (C-649/23)

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