Administrative court lacks jurisdiction over IP publication ban

ATA/14/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberJan 13, 1998Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The appellant sought provisional relief to stop distribution of a publication, to prevent being named as co-author, and to obtain information about the locations of the disputed work. The administrative court held that it lacked jurisdiction over these requests and therefore did not examine the merits.

Omnilex headnote

LTA art. 8; jurisdiction of the administrative court in provisional matters concerning an allegedly infringing publication: the administrative court is not competent where the requested relief essentially concerns the prohibition of distribution of a work, the attribution of authorship, or the disclosure of the work's whereabouts. Such claims fall outside the administrative judicial sphere and must be pursued, if at all, before the competent civil forum; the court therefore declines to enter into the matter.

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Descripteurs

PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; COMPETENCE; MESURE PROVISIONNELLE; MOYEN DE DROIT; IP

Normes

LTA.8

Résumé

Le TA n'est pas compétent pour connaître un litige portant sur l'interdiction de la diffusion d'une publication, l'interdiction de la mention du nom du recourant en qualité de co-auteur ou la transmission de la liste des lieux où se trouve l'ouvrage litigieux.

Keywords

jurisdictionprovisional measurespublicationauthorshipinjunctionintellectual property

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the administrative court has jurisdiction over requests to ban distribution of a publication, prohibit naming the appellant as co-author, and require disclosure of where the disputed work is located.

Extracted holding

The administrative court is not competent to hear this dispute.

Extracted reasoning

The claims relate to the circulation and attribution of an allegedly infringing publication and to disclosure of its whereabouts; these requests fall outside the administrative court's jurisdiction.

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