CELEX: C2007/170/23
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Case C-240/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH

21.7.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 170/13
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 16 May 2007 — Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH
   (Case C-240/07)
   (2007/C 170/23)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Bundesgerichtshof
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Appellant: Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH
   
      Respondent: Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH
   Questions referred
   
               1.
            
            
               Does the term of protection granted by Directive 2006/116/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights (Directive 2006/116) under the conditions set out in Article 10(2) thereof apply also in the case of subject-matter that has not at any time been protected in the Member State in which protection is sought?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If Question 1 is to be answered in the affirmative:
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           Do national provisions governing the protection of rightholders who are not Community nationals constitute national provisions within the meaning of Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116?
                        
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           Does the term of protection granted pursuant to Article 10(2) of Directive 2006/116 also apply to subject-matter that, on the date specified in Article 10(1) of that directive, fulfilled the criteria set out in Council Directive 92/100/EEC (2) of 19 November 1992 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property, but whose rightholder is not a Community national?
                        
                     
         
      (1)  OJ L 372, p. 12.
   
      (2)  OJ L 346, p. 61.