Digital Exhaustion: A Decade After the UsedSoft Case

KALENSKÝ, Petr. Digital Exhaustion: A Decade After the UsedSoft Case. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law. Digital Peer Publishing, 2024, vol. 2023, No 4, p. 525-540, 15 pp. ISSN 2190-3387.

Basic information

Original name

Digital Exhaustion: A Decade After the UsedSoft Case

Name in Czech

Vyčerpání práv: Deset let po rozhodnutí ve věci UsedSoft

Authors

KALENSKÝ, Petr

Edition

Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law, Digital Peer Publishing, 2024, 2190-3387

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

Keywords (in Czech)

autorské právo; vyčerpání práv

Keywords in English

copyright; exhaustion of rights

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

Digital exhaustion has been a recurring theme in EU copyright law. While some may argue that the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Tom Kabinet case definitively solved the surrounding questions, this paper takes the opposite stance. It offers a critical analysis of the CJEU's major decisions in a decade-long legal saga and examines the current status quo from the perspective of copyright exhaustion in the context of copyright law. The paper pleads for a balanced approach to digital exhaustion in the modern age as the current ruling of the CJEU has resulted in a clear shift of balance in favor of the rightsholders at the expense of users and other stakeholders in the market with copyright-protected works.