Source: https://www.bettinger.de/infothek/domainrecht-a-z/domainrecht-urteile-und-beschluesse/egmr-eigentumsfaehigkeit-von-internetdomains/
Timestamp: 2019-01-20 16:58:31
Document Index: 388217868

Matched Legal Cases: ['EGMR', '§ 53', '§ 63', '§ 76', '§ 53', '§ 72', '§ 53', '§ 66']

EGMR: Eigentumsfähigkeit von Internetdomains - Bettinger Scheffelt Müller, Rechtsanwälte
In determining whether the denial of the applicant companys right to use the domain names registered for it amounted to an interference with its possessions, the Court recalls that the concept of possessions referred to in Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 has an autonomous meaning which is not limited to ownership of physical goods and is independent from the formal classification in domestic law. Certain other rights and interests constituting assets can also be regarded as property rights, and thus as possessions for the purposes of this provision (see Gasus Dosier- und Fördertechnik GmbH v. the Netherlands, judgment of 23 Febraury 1995, Series A no. 306-B, p. 46, § 53; Anheuser-Busch Inc. v. Portugal [GC], no. 73049/01, § 63, ECHR 2007-…). In the case of non-physical assets, the Court has taken into consideration, in particular, whether the legal position in question gave rise to financial rights and interests and thus had an economic value (compare Anheuser-Busch Inc., cited above, §§ 76, 78, as well as Tre Traktörer Aktiebolag v. Sweden, judgment of 7 July 1989, Series A no. 159, p. 21, § 53). It has thus considered, for example, intellectual property, such as trade marks and copyrights (see Melnychuk v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 28743/03, ECHR 2005-IX; Anheuser-Busch Inc., cited above, §§ 72, 78), or licences to use property in a particular way (such as licences to serve alcoholic beverages or fishing rights, see Tre Traktörer Aktiebolag, cited above, p. 21, § 53; Alatulkkila and Others v. Finland, no. 33538/96, § 66, 28 July 2005) to constitute possessions.
In the determination of his civil rights and obligations …, everyone is entitled to a fair … hearing … by [a] … tribunal…