A Look Back: Most Significant Copyright Decisions of 2021

In 2021, national courts in individual EU Member States and the UK delivered a series of important rulings in the copyright field. Our contribution provides a round-up of the most significant judgments issued between 1 January–31 December 2021.

The selection was made with preference to areas where EU harmonization has occurred so that guidance provided by national courts in a certain country might be useful also to practitioners and courts in other EU Member States.  The analysis is divided by area and country.

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