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Announced lawsuit on ECJ Case C 13/20 on decompilation with the purpose of troubleshooting

On 4 January 2020, the Court of Appeal of Belgium submitted the case concerning the company Top System SA against the Belgian State to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The case concerns the possibility of decompilation of software under Article 5(1) of the EU Software Directive (Council Directive 91/250/EEC).

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2020-01-14
under deliberation

On 4 January 2020, the Court of Appeal of Belgium submitted the case concerning the company Top Sys…

2021-10-06
in force

On 6 October 2021, a judgement was reached by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding Case C …