“On 14 January 2021, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar delivered his Opinion in Case C‑762/19, SIA ‘CV-Online Latvia’ v SIA ‘Melons’, a further case relating to the database sui generis right. The application of the sui generis right to the activity of search engines was the main question raised in this case. Specifically, a specialist search engine for job advertisements operated by Melons (‘KurDarbs.lv’) referred users by means of hyperlinks to the websites on which the information sought was initially published, including CV-Online’s website. In this context, CV-Online brought proceedings against Melons for infringement of its sui generis right over its database …” (more)
[Tatiana Synodinou, Kluwer Copyright Blog, 22 February]
First posted 2021-02-22 15:36:03
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