The Business Law Reports
[2021] Bus LR 1242
Court of Justice of the European Union
“CV Online Latvia” SIA
v
“Melons” SIA
(Case C-762/19)
EU:C:2021:434
2020 Oct 22;2021 Jan 14;June 3
President of Chamber E Regan, Judges M Ilešič, E Juhász, C Lycourgos, I JarukaitisAdvocate General M Szpunar
Data protection— Legal protection of databases— Infringement— Defendant operating internet search engine specialising in searching contents of databases freely accessible on internet— Search engine indexing databases and keeping copy on own server— Whether defendant’s activities constituting “extraction” or “re-utilisation” of substantial part of contents of databases— Whether makers of databases having right to prevent activities—
Parliament and Council Directive 96/9/EC, art 7(1)(2)