‘More’ originality for Cypriot copyright law according to the CJEU’s case law

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Abstract

The adoption of copyright laws at EU level has always been a battle between the two main traditions in copyright: civil law and common law. Cyprus belongs to the latter for which it suffices that a work is not a copy of another work. Originality in the EU has only been partially harmonised. In fact it is provided that photographs, software and databases are protected insofar that they are ‘their authors’ own intellectual creations’. It was never clear whether this criterion resembled that of the continent or the common law countries. EU member states usually opted to interpret it according to their own tradition. Recently the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) shed light on the matter. This article examines the CJEU’s case law in the area and draws conclusions as to how it shapes originality in the EU (in general) and in Cyprus (in particular).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)207-231
Number of pages25
JournalCyprus Review
Volume30
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • BSA
  • Copyright
  • Court of justice of the European Union
  • Cypriot copyright law
  • EU originality
  • Football Dataco
  • Infopaq
  • Murphy
  • Originality
  • Painer
  • Ryanair
  • SAS

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