The preceding 12 months have brought us a plethora of judgments that will affect the uniform interpretation of EU legal instruments related to intellectual property, technology and data protection. Following an upbeat concept arising from the massive interest and welcome of last year's summary reviewing the CJEU decisions ranked by relevance and impact on law and, above all, on business – once again we have selected the top 10 IP&T cases of the previous year - this time 2021.

Although numerous judgments were worthy of note, at the very top of the ranking, leaving the others behind, are jointly The YouTube and Cyando. The runner-up in our review is the Facebook Ireland case and last but not least on the podium is the M.I.C.M. judgment. Furthermore, we would like to draw your attention to rulings related to new technologies and internet law, in particular to the following ones: the Top System case, the CV-Online Latvia verdict, and the VG Bild-Kunst judgment.

The content incorporated herein is a condensed summary of the cases - from the detailed description of the facts and the judgment with its justification, to the comments of the eligible professionals from the Dentons Warsaw IP&T team. We also indicate which of the expected CJEU judgments may arouse interest in the world of intellectual property and related fields in 2022.