Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 19.3.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 89/7 |

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Reference for a preliminary ruling from Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division) made on 21 December 2010 — Football Dataco Limited, Football Association Premier League Ltd, Football League Limited, Scottish Premier League Limited, Scottish Football League, PA Sport UK Limited v Yahoo UK Limited, Stan James (Abingdon) Limited, Stan James PLC, Enetpulse APS

(Case C-604/10)

2011/C 89/14

Language of the case: English

Referring court

Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Football Dataco Limited, Football Association Premier League Ltd, Football League Limited, Scottish Premier League Limited, Scottish Football League, PA Sport UK Limited

Defendants: Yahoo UK Limited, Stan James (Abingdon) Limited, Stan James PLC, Enetpulse APS

Questions referred

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| 1. | In Article 3(1) of Directive 96/9/EC[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011089EN.01000702-E0001) on the legal protection of databases what is meant by ‘databases which, by reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents, constitute the author's own intellectual creation’ and in particular:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | a) | should the intellectual effort and skill of creating data be excluded? |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | b) | does ‘selection or arrangement’ include adding important significance to a pre-existing item of data (as in fixing the date of a football match); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | c) | does ‘author's own intellectual creation’ require more than significant labour and skill from the author, if so what? | |

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| 2. | Does the Directive preclude national rights in the nature of copyright in databases other than those provided for by the Directive? |

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