Can a critical edition of a public domain work be protected by copyright?
On 19 March 2026, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a judgment clarifying the conditions under which intellectual contributions to pre‑existing works in the public domain may qualify for copyright protection (C‑649/23, Institutul G. Călinescu). In particular, the CJEU addressed how the established EU originality standard applies where an author’s contribution […]