The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) used to publish information on relevant cases of interest from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerning intellectual property matters. The IPO published the specific questions that the Court of Justice (CJ) - the upper tier of the CJEU - was being asked to answer and case details, such as the parties to the case and relevant legislation.

Cases at the Court of Justice of the European Union

EU Member States are invited to make observations on CJEU cases. After leaving the EU, the UK has broadly retained the right to intervene in cases brought to the CJEU, though the UK is now subject to new limitations which are set out in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). In most instances the UK can still make written observations on relevant CJEU cases for a four-year period after the end of the Transition Period which ended at the end of December 2020. For the full terms of the UK’s ability to intervene in CJEU cases please see the TCA website.

This does mean that the threshold for the UK’s intervention in future cases will be higher than before. To reflect this change, the IPO has decided that from January 2022 the IPO will no longer publish information on CJEU cases on the government website. This also means the IPO will stop providing the e-mail alert service to subscribers.

Monitoring future CJEU cases

The IPO will still monitor new CJEU cases and will continue to provide advice to Ministers, who will decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in CJEU cases, but as noted above, the bar for intervention must be read within the context of the UK’s new relationship with the EU.

The IPO is no longer going to publish information on CJEU cases on this site and will no longer provide the CJ e-mail alert service, which provided an e-mail notification to subscribers when a new case was uploaded to this site.

The CJEU case information currently held on this page will remain in place for a further 3 months for the benefit of users. After this period all CJEU case information will be removed from this page. You will still be able to access the same level of CJEU case information, but you will have to do this directly, using the official CJEU website. You can access CJEU caselaw information by using the link below, you will then need to click court reports in the menu on the left side of the page, and then choose either the Court of Justice or the General Court. You can also use the search function using the link below to search for a specific case using the case number or you can use the other search functions to find cases.

CJEU case information can be accessed directly from the CJEU website:

for caselaw court reports
To search a case by it case number

Details of pre 2012 cases are available from The National Archives.

If you wish to express your views on a specific CJEU case you can email the IPO.

Deadlines

We face tight time limits in which to consider and provide advice on CJ cases. The UK and EU Member States have two months after receiving notification from the CJ in which to make written observations. This timeframe includes the time to prepare the submission to the CJ, which takes a minimum of five weeks. In practice, this usually gives the IPO less than two weeks in which to consider the case and any comments before we provide advice to our Minister.

How to provide useful comments

If you wish to express your views on an CJEU case you can email the IPO at [email protected]. We understand how difficult it is to provide detailed comments in the time available. Should you wish to submit a comment all we need is a short email saying:

whether you think the UK should intervene and general points about how you think the questions should be answered and why

You are welcome to follow this email up with more detailed comments which can be taken into consideration if we have chosen to submit observations or if we attend a hearing.

To help us identify the case in question please include clear information about the case.

Published 18 November 2014
Last updated 31 January 2022 + show all updates

31 January 2022
From January 2022 the IPO is no longer going to publish information on CJEU cases on this site added.
21 July 2021
Case C-261/21 removed due to published in error.
19 July 2021
Case C-261/21 added.
16 June 2021
Case C-190/21 added.
8 June 2021
Cases C-256/21 and C-263/21 added.
21 May 2021
Case C-197/21 added.
12 May 2021
Case C-183/21 added.
6 May 2021
Case C-175/21 added.
5 May 2021
Cases C-148/21 and C-182/21 added.
5 May 2021
Case C-653/20 added.
30 March 2021
Case C-112/21 added.
29 March 2021
Case C-62/21 added.
11 March 2021
Case C-44/21 added.
5 February 2021
C-455/18 case added.
15 December 2020
Case C-559/20 added.
27 November 2020
Case C-531/20 added.
19 November 2020
Case C-466/20 added.
30 October 2020
Case C-433/20 added.
19 October 2020
Case C-421/20 added.
22 July 2020
Cases C-253/30 and C-254/20 added.
26 June 2020
Case C-204/20 added.
19 June 2020
Case C-63/20 added.
23 April 2020
Case: C-133/20 added.
21 April 2020
Case: C-123/20 added.
16 March 2020
Case C-53/20 added.
25 February 2020
Case: C-13/20 added.
3 January 2020
C-783/19 added.
3 December 2019
Case: C-785/19 added.
14 November 2019
Case C-728/19 added.
25 October 2019
Case C-637/19 and C-684/19 added.
27 September 2019
Case C-607/19 and C-597/19 added.
2 September 2019
Case C-121/19 P added.
22 August 2019
Case C-500/19 added.
8 August 2019
Case C-142/19 added.
7 August 2019
Case C-650/17 added.
5 August 2019
Case C-501/19 and C-114/18 added.
19 July 2019
Cases C-442/19 and C-456/19 added.
17 July 2019
Case C-214/19 P added.
4 July 2019
Cases C-123/19P, C-125/19P and C-143/19P added.
28 June 2019
Case C-392/19 added.
27 June 2019
Case C-115/19 added.
24 June 2019
Case C-372/19 added.
20 June 2019
Case C-265/19 added.
20 June 2019
Case C-264/19 and C-354/19 added.
13 May 2019
Case C-239/19 added.
7 May 2019
C-6/19 P, C-825/18 P, C-818/18 P, C-809/18 P added.
3 April 2019
Case C-147/19 added.
1 April 2019
Case C-736/18 P added.
29 March 2019
Case C-783/18 P added.
22 February 2019
Case C-883/18 added.
7 February 2019
Case C-781/18 parties details amended.
6 February 2019
Case C-781/18 added.
25 January 2019
Cases C-580/18P and C-753/18 added.
17 January 2019
Case C-534/18 added.
9 January 2019
Preliminary questions for case C-720/18 and C-721/18 added.
3 January 2019
Cases C-720/18 & C-721/18 added.
21 December 2018
Cases C-682-18 and C-683-18 added.
14 December 2018
Case C-673/18 added.
13 December 2018
Case C-666/18 added.
19 November 2018
Case C-622-18 added.
8 November 2018
Case C-474/18 added.
1 November 2018
C-567/18 added.
12 October 2018
C-541/18 added.
28 September 2018
Case C-328/18 and C-517/18 added.
14 September 2018
Case C-320/18 added.
5 September 2018
Case c-282/18 added.
14 August 2018
Case C-282/18P added.
31 July 2018
Case C-281/18P added.
27 July 2018
Case C-240/18P added.
23 July 2018
Case C-223/18P added.
13 July 2018
Cases C-155/18P, C-156/18P, C-157/18P and C-158/18P added.
10 July 2018
Case C-371/18 added.
28 June 2018
Case C-313/18 added.
26 June 2018
Case C-307/18 added.
22 June 2018
Cases C-124/18 and C-207/18 added.
8 June 2018
Case C-209/18 added.
8 June 2018
Case C-263/18 added.
4 June 2018
Cases C-99/18 and C-206/18 added.
4 May 2018
Case C-48/18P added.
4 May 2018
Case C-693/17P added.
27 April 2018
C-698/17P Trade mark case added.
18 April 2018
Case C-172-18 added.
29 March 2018
Case C-20/18 - Copyright added.
14 March 2018
Case C-653/17P added.
12 March 2018
C-27/17 has been removed and C-28/18 has been added.
9 March 2018
Cases C-28/17 and C-668/17P added.
25 January 2018
Case C-683/17 added.
24 January 2018
Case C-690-17 added.
19 January 2018
Case C-542/17P added.
20 December 2017
Cases C-505/17, C-519/17P, C-522/17P, C-523/17P, C-524/17P, C-525/17P and C-629/17 added.
10 November 2017
Case C-578/17 added.
8 November 2017
Case C-218/17 added.
1 November 2017
Case C-527/17 added.
27 October 2017
C-139-17 added.
25 October 2017
Cases C-325/17P and C-340/17P added.
19 October 2017
Case C-521/17 added.
3 October 2017
Case C-516/17 added.
26 September 2017
C-476/17 questions referred added.
22 September 2017
Case C-476/17 added.
20 September 2017
Added case C-217/17 .
30 August 2017
Case C-443/17 added.
14 July 2017
Case C-86/17P added.
14 July 2017
Case C-310/17 added.
21 June 2017
Case C-101/17 P added.
8 June 2017
Table updated
24 May 2017
C-95/17P added.
24 May 2017
C-32/17P and C-75/17P added.
19 May 2017
Case C-26/17 P added to the table.
12 May 2017
Case C-148/17 added.
11 May 2017
Case C-674/16P, C-675/16P and Case C-678/16P added.
8 May 2017
Case C-129/17 added.
13 April 2017
Case C-121/17 added.
20 March 2017
Cases C-386/16P and C-478/16P added.
8 February 2017
Case C-644/16 added.
6 February 2017
Case C-681/16 added.
31 January 2017
Case C-586/16 P and C-588/16 P added.
31 January 2017
Case C-611/16 P and C-642/16 added.
13 January 2017
Case C-492/16P added.
11 January 2017
Case C-488/16P added.
15 December 2016
Case number C-567/16 added.
25 November 2016
Case number C-417/16 P added.
17 November 2016
Case number C-418/16 P added.
20 September 2016
Case no C-85/16 P and C-86/16 P added.
16 September 2016
Case no C-433/16 and C-435/16 added.
15 September 2016
Case no C-94/16P added.
7 September 2016
Case no C-425/16 added.
31 August 2016
Case C-397/16 added.
19 August 2016
Case C-395/16 added.
18 August 2016
Case number C-182-16 added.
15 August 2016
Case number C-381-16 added.
22 July 2016
Case C-341/16 added.
7 July 2016
Case C-291-16 added.
15 June 2016
Case C-84/16P added.
3 June 2016
Case C-231/16 added.
2 June 2016
Cases C-163/16 and C-71/16P added.
19 May 2016
Case C-56/15P published in error and C-56/16P added.
19 May 2016
Case C-56/15P added.
27 April 2016
References to the Court of Justice of the European Free Trade Association States: 2016 and Case E-05/16 added.
26 April 2016
Case C-138/16 added.
14 April 2016
Case C-139/16 added.
7 April 2016
Case C-655/15P added.
23 March 2016
Case C-673/15, C-674/15, C-675/15 and C-676/15 added.
21 March 2016
Case C-93/16 added.
1 March 2016
Case C-586/15P added.
25 February 2016
Case C-642/15 added.
19 February 2016
Cases C-24/16 and C-25/16 added.
8 February 2016
Case C-689/15 added.
4 February 2016
Case C-575-15 added.
22 January 2016
Case C-654/15 added.
13 January 2016
Cases C-641/15 added.
31 December 2015
Cases C-610/15 and C-617-15 added.
22 December 2015
Case C-501/15P, C-442/15P, C-364/15P and C-363/15P added.
14 December 2015
Case C-482/15P added.
9 December 2015
Case no C-572/15 added.
9 December 2015
Case C-399/15P added.
8 December 2015
Case C-309/15P added.
25 November 2015
Case C-527/15 added.
3 November 2015
Cases C382/15P and C383/15P added. Case C367/15 and question added.
30 October 2015
Case C-384/15 added.
27 October 2015
Case C-494/15 added.
23 October 2015
Case C-437/15 P added.
19 October 2015
Case C-361/15 P and C-405/15P added.
23 September 2015
Case C-251/15 P added.
18 September 2015
Case C-295/15P and C-346/15P added.
15 September 2015
Case C-427/15 added.
14 September 2015
Case C-252/15P added
7 September 2015
Case C-419/15 added
11 August 2015
Case C-226/15P added.
24 July 2015
Case C-301/15 added.
23 July 2015
Case C-297/15 added.
22 July 2015
C-280/15 added.
13 July 2015
Case no C-275/15 added.
10 July 2015
Case no C-230/15 added.
26 June 2015
Case no C-223/15 added.
8 June 2015
ECJ case C-175/15 added.
4 June 2015
ECJ case C-179/15 added.
3 June 2015
Case C-117/15 and C-160/15 added.
2 June 2015
Case C-166/15 added.
29 May 2015
Case C-174/15 added.
27 May 2015
Case C-169/15 added.
19 May 2015
Reference C-163/15 added.
12 May 2015
Cases C-43/15P and C-62/15P added.
29 April 2015
C-512/14 and C513/14 cases added. C-30/15, C50/15 and C110/15 cases added.
20 April 2015
Question on Case number C-99/15 added.
16 April 2015
Case number C-537/14 P added.
2 April 2015
Case number C-603/14P added.
30 March 2015
Case C-598/14 added.
25 March 2015
Case C-57/15 added.
23 March 2015
C-577/14 P added.
23 March 2015
C-597/14 P added.
5 March 2015
C-548/14 P added.
29 January 2015
CJ case C-572/14 added.
5 January 2015
Case C-500/14 (Ford Motor Company) added.
11 December 2014
Case C-490/14 has been published.
9 December 2014
Case C-484/14 has been published.
5 December 2014
C-400/14 P: Basic AG Lebensmittelhandel v OHIM has been advertised.
20 November 2014
New CJ cases C-470/14 and C-471/14 advertised.
18 November 2014
First published.

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