Maciej Szpunar is a Polish lawyer and law professor who has served as an advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union since 2013 and as its First Advocate General since 2018. He previously held government posts in Poland and represented Poland before the EU courts.
We have documented 1 statement by Maciej Szpunar, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: First Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Szpunar proposes a conditional infringement test for news retrieval and outputs, then suggests the submitted example may not meet it, subject to the national court's findings.
“Subject to that court’s findings, it would appear that that is not the case.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in Like Company v. Google IrelandCase C-250/25; points 14-21, 36-56, 170-171, 187-209, 218-222 and 224-240
Why we used this label
For Gemini's reuse, Szpunar identifies circumstances that can infringe but makes liability depend on legal and factual conditions and doubts the submitted example meets them.
Like Company alleges unauthorized reuse of its articles. Google contests liability, while Szpunar proposes a conditional test and suggests the submitted Gemini example may not meet it. His opinion is nonbinding.
