Hungarian court makes new EU referral on press publications and LLM chatbots

Nov 3, 2026 · Issue 13 · 2 sources, 2 articles

The Pécs Regional Court has made a request for a preliminary ruling in Case C-806/26 (Manchester United Fanatics Klub). The questions concern the protection of press publications when large language model-based chatbots are used, and the request has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Who is affected and how

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The pending case may offer guidance for filings in press copyright and chatbot disputes.

Narrative: Europe as the judicial forum for rights holders

Sources

• Hungarian court refers questions on copyright protection of press publications used in AI chatbots, published in OJ - EU Law Liveeulawlive.com · Nov 3, 2026 · magyar
• CJEU | Request for a preliminary ruling from the Pécsi Törvényszék (Hungary), Case C-806/26, Manchester United Fanatics Klub: press publications and LLM-based chatbots – Codigo Civil. Boletin de actualidad de derecho civilcodigo-civil.es · Nov 3, 2026 · magyar

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