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    Reflections on methods used to determine the extent of disharmony in the EU Member States’ courts case law on copyright

    Speaker: Professor Estelle Derclaye (The University of Nottingham) and Professor Gilles Stupfler (Université d'Angers)

    Thursday, 14 May 2026, 6pm, Bristows


    A lot has been written on the CJEU copyright case law and national implementation laws but not on how Member States’ courts apply it. Do they follow EU law or not? What is the extent of the disharmony in the 27 Member States and the UK too (pre- and post-Brexit)? Does it differ per Member State? Per type of work, type of topic, over time? Why does it still matter to the UK?

    This presentation will explore these questionsin the context of a new book: EU Copyright Law Harmonisation, An Empirical Analysis of National Courts Case Law, published by Hart/Bloomsbury. The presenters will explain how they went about finding out the answers to these questions including the statistical methods and limitations they encountered in their research.

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