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Official Journal |
EN C series |
C/2024/3154 |
21.5.2024 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie (Belgium) lodged on 8 February 2024 – OV v WEAREONE.WORLD BV
(Case C-106/24, WEAREONE.WORLD BV)
(C/2024/3154)
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Hof van Cassatie
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: OV
Defendant: WEAREONE.WORLD BV
Question referred
Should Article 1(1) of the Rome Convention (1) and Article 1(1) of the Rome I Regulation (2) be interpreted as meaning that the question of ownership of copyright in a work created in performance of an obligation under an employment or commission contract, that is, the question of who is the original owner and whether and to what extent that right is transferable to a subsequent owner, is covered by the concept of ‘contractual obligations’?
(1) Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 and approved by the [Belgian] Law of 14 July 1987.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (OJ 2008 L 177, p. 6).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3154/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)