Hearings
European Union
03 Jun 2021 (Case C-762/19); EU:C:2021:434; [2021] Bus LR 1242; [2021] WLR(D) 324, ECJ (President of Chamber E Regan, Judges M Ilešič, E Juhász, C Lycourgos, I Jarukaitis, Advocate General M Szpunar)
CV Online Latvia SIA v Melons SIA
Subject Matter
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)
(Case C-762/19); EU:C:2021:434; [2021] Bus LR 1242; [2021] WLR(D) 324, ECJ