Ramona Daniela STÂNGACIU *

 Abstract

Legal protection for computer programs in the European Union is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Directive 2009/24/EC. This Directive also establishes the exhaustion of the distribution right of computer programs, a right which is specific to the intellectual property. In order to clarify the provisions of the Software Directive aforementioned, a number of questions were referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union in order to obtain a preliminary ruling. We intend to analize the rulings in two relevant cases: UsedSoft v. Oracle and Ranks and Vasiļevičs v. Microsoft.

* Studentă în anul IV la Facultatea de Drept, Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi, adresă de e‑mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., număr de telefon: 0752265537.