ECS Opinions

2023

ECS Letter to Commissioner Thierry Breton – Future agenda in the field of copyright law

2022

Comment on the Impact and Consequences of the CJEU Decision in C-265/19 (RAAP)

Comment on Selected Aspects of the Proposed Data Act

Comment Addressing Selected Aspects of the Implementation of Articles 3 to 7 of CDSM Directive

Comment on Copyright and the Digital Services Act Proposal (The Comment has been published by IIC. The open access file is available here.)

2020

Comment on the Implementation of ECL rules (Articles 8-12) CDSM Directive

Comment on the Implementation of Articles 18-22 CDSM Directive

Comment on the Implementation of Article 17 CDSM Directive

Comment on the Implementation of Article 14 CDSM Directive

2019

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-833/18, Brompton Bicycle v Chedech / Get2Get (“Brompton” case)

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-476/17, Pelham GmbH v Hütter (‘Metall auf Metall’)

2018

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-161/17, Land Nordrhein Westfalen v. Dirk Renckhoff (‘Córdoba case’)

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-683/17, Cofemel v G-Star

Opinion on proposed press-publishers right (Art.11 Proposal Directive CDSM)

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-310/17, Levola Hengolo

Opinion on Reference to CJEU in Case C-476/17, Hutter v Pelham

2017

Opinion on European Commission Proposals for Reform of Copyright in the EU

2016

Trade mark protection of public domain works. A comment on the request for an advisory opinion of the EFTA Court, Case E-05/16

Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on Freedom of Panorama

Response to the European Commission’s Consultation on a Neighbouring Right for Publishers

2015

Response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on the Review of the EU Satellite and Cable Directive (15 November 2015)

Opinion on the Reference to the CJEU in Case C-572/13, Hewlett-Packard Belgium SPRL v. Reprobel SCRL (5 September 2015)

2014

Letter to Mr Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission, on the Unification of Copyright Law (December 2014)

Opinion on the Judgment of the CJEU in Case C-201/13 Deckmyn, Limitations and Exceptions as Key Elements of the Legal Framework for Copyright in the European Union (1 November 2014)

Response to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on Copyright (March 2014)

2013

Opinion on the Reference to the CJEU in Case C-466/12 Svensson (15 February 2013)