CELEX: 62007TA0019
Language: en
Date: 2010-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-19/07: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Systran and Systran Luxembourg v Commission (Non-contractual liability — Call for tenders to carry out a project relating to the maintenance and linguistic enhancement of the Commission's machine translation system — Source codes for a computer program being marketed — Infringement of copyright — Unauthorised disclosure of know-how — Action for compensation — Non-contractual dispute — Admissibility — Actual and certain damage — Causal link — Flat-rate assessment of the amount of the damage)

5.2.2011   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 38/9
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 — Systran and Systran Luxembourg v Commission
   (Case T-19/07) (1)
   
   (Non-contractual liability - Call for tenders to carry out a project relating to the maintenance and linguistic enhancement of the Commission's machine translation system - Source codes for a computer program being marketed - Infringement of copyright - Unauthorised disclosure of know-how - Action for compensation - Non-contractual dispute - Admissibility - Actual and certain damage - Causal link - Flat-rate assessment of the amount of the damage)
   2011/C 38/12
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Systran SA (Paris, France); and Systran Luxembourg SA (Luxembourg, Luxembourg) (represented by: J.-P. Spitzer and E. De Boissieu, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Commission (represented: initially by E. Montaguti and M.F. Benyon, and subsequently by E. Traversa and E. Montaguti, Agents, and A. Berenboom and M. Isgour, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action for compensation for the damage allegedly suffered by the applicants as a result of infringements committed following a call for tenders by the Commission relating to the maintenance and linguistic enhancement of its machine translation system.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Orders the European Commission to pay Systran SA flat-rate compensation of EUR 12 001 000;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the Commission to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.