Advocate General suggests that Germany cannot rely on copyright to protect confidential information

Abstract

Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in Funke Medien NRW GmbH v Federal Republic of Germany, C-469/17, EU: C: 2018: 870, 25 October 2018

A Member State is not a beneficiary of fundamental rights protection and cannot invoke copyright to keep information confidential.

Citation

Jütte, B. J. (2019). Advocate General suggests that Germany cannot rely on copyright to protect confidential information. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 14(2), 83-85. https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy171

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 16, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Dec 12, 2018
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 24, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 13, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
• Print ISSN: 1747-1532
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-1540
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 83-85
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy171
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1565521
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/jiplp/article-abstract/14/2/83/5240947?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice following peer review. The version of record Bernd Justin Jütte, Advocate General suggests that Germany cannot rely on copyright to protect confidential information, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 14, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 83–85 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpy171