{"id":28636,"date":"2009-07-22T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/infringement-by-le-corbusier-furniture\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:59:19","slug":"infringement-by-le-corbusier-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/infringement-by-le-corbusier-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Infringement by Le Corbusier furniture?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May furniture that was produced without the consent of the copyright holder be placed in a store and made available for use by the public? Does this constitute an infringement of copyright? A decision by the Federal Court of Justice provides answers.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d86f8c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d86f8c;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-28633 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"Rechtsverletzung durch Le Corbusier M\u00f6bel?, Urheberrecht, Verbreitungsrecht, Rechtsanwalt\" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-1024x576.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rechtsverletzung-durch-le-corbusier-moebel-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1d4b5d69 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-19e250f3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_d5dd65ef4731f4ae2567c27a57d0362a\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 4.147), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Infringement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Through furniture from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-5cbe1d1e6057cdd20e193d5763eddc63\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">Le Corbusier<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76c96157 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2009-07-22T15:41:00+02:00\">22. July 2009<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600;\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c93ec0be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>May furniture that was produced without the consent of the rights holder be placed in a store and made available for public use?<\/strong> <strong>Does this constitute an infringement of copyright?<\/strong>  A decision by the Federal Court of Justice provides answers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-worum-geht-s\">What is it all about?<\/h2>\n\n<p>An Italian company produces upholstered furniture, including furniture based on Le Corbusier&#8217;s designs. To this end, it has concluded an exclusive license agreement with the rights holder of Le Corbusier&#8217;s designs for the production and distribution of the furniture. <\/p>\n\n<p>The company Peek &amp; Cloppenburg furnished one of its stores with furniture based on Le Corbusier&#8217;s designs. However, the furniture did not come from the aforementioned Italian company, but from a competitor, also from Italy. This competitor did not have the laws on Le Corbusier&#8217;s designs, but in the past there was no copyright protection available in Italy for works of applied art such as furniture.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The Italian furniture company then sued Peek &amp; Cloppenburg for injunctive relief. The legal dispute, which was also referred to the ECJ in the meantime, finally ended before the Federal Court of Justice. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-entscheidung-des-gerichts\">Decision by the court<\/h2>\n\n<p>In its decision<a href=\"https:\/\/juris.bundesgerichtshof.de\/cgi-bin\/rechtsprechung\/document.py?Gericht=bgh&amp;Art=en&amp;nr=48729&amp;pos=0&amp;anz=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(judgment of 22.09.2009 &#8211; Ref. I ZR 247\/03<\/a>), the Federal Court of Justice dismissed the action brought by the Italians.<\/p>\n\n<p>Although the works are protectable as works of applied art under the applicable German law, there is no infringement of the distribution right to which the Italians are entitled. The right of distribution is the law to offer the original or reproductions of the work to the public or to place it on the market. <\/p>\n\n<p>Aufgrund der Vorlageentscheidung des EUGH (<a href=\"https:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/document\/document.jsf?text=&amp;docid=71605&amp;pageIndex=0&amp;doclang=DE&amp;mode=req&amp;dir=&amp;occ=first&amp;part=1\">Urteil vom 17. April 2008 \u2013 Az. C-456\/06<\/a>) liege eine Verbreitung im urheberrechtlichen Sinne nur dann vor, wenn die Verbreitung im Wege des Verkaufs erfolge oder das Eigentum an dem Werkst\u00fcck \u00fcbertragen werde. Eine blo\u00dfe Bereitstellung der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zum Gebrauch noch die \u00f6ffentliche Pr\u00e4sentation, stellen nach Auffassung des EUGH keine Form der Verbreitung dar.<\/p>\n\n<p>There was therefore no infringement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/urheberrecht\/\">copyright of <\/a>the rights holder due to the lack of distribution. Furthermore, the Information Society Directive prohibits the EU member states from exceeding the protection of the directive, so that the standards set out by the ECJ in its decision must be applied. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This once again demonstrates the influence of the European legislator.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If distribution would have been assumed here under the old German law, this is no longer possible on the basis of the European regulations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide 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