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The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze

Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted.

The fate of one its key provisions – Article 17 – is still unknown due to the pending judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) in Poland v Council and Parliament, C-401/19. A significant number of EU Member States is yet to complete the national transposition process, despite the deadline of 7 June 2021. In all this, existing national transpositions already show significant divergences in the Member States’ approaches to the implementation of the Directive.

The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law (IFIM) at Stockholm University is proud and delighted to announce its new, in-person event, which will be held in English at Stockholm University on Thursday, 2 June 2022 on the topic of: ‘The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze’.

IFIM is honoured to announce that the keynote address will be delivered by Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, appointed Advocate General in C-401/19 and author of an impactful Opinion in that case.

Programme

15:00 – 15:05: Welcome

15:05 – 15:50: Keynote Address – The Polish Challenge to Article 17 (C-401/19)

Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe

15:50 – 16:00: Q&As

16:00 – 16:45: Panel Discussion – The Transposition Discourse: What Should Member States Do?

Anna Bladh Redzic

Hans Eriksson

Miranda Espenäs

Eleonora Rosati (Chair)

16:45 – 17:00: Q&As and Closing Remarks

17:00 – 18:00: Drinks and Canapés (with the generous support of Sandart & Partners and Westerberg)

Speakers (in alphabetical order)

• Anna Bladh Redzic, Partner at Sandart & Partners
• Hans Eriksson, Partner at Westerberg
• Miranda Espenäs, Senior Associate at Wistrand
• Eleonora Rosati, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University and IFIM Director
• Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, Partner at Gorrissen Federspiel and former Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union

Further information and registration

We look forward to seeing you in Stockholm in early June!

PS: There is no better time of the year to discover and explore this beautiful city!

This event is sponsored by the Edvard Cassel Foundation

This event is offered in collaboration with the Swedish Copyright Society (Svenska föreningen för upphovsrätt)