Showing posts with label Idea/expression dichotomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idea/expression dichotomy. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 February 2019

A reaffirmation of the law regarding originality for copyright protection under US law

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Jade McKellar For a work to be protected by copyright, a modicum of originality is required. But would a blank form with some text be s...
Monday, 25 November 2013

Court of Appeal upholds High Court decision in SAS v WPL

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SAS v WPL is an on-going saga which has been to the High Court , the CJEU , back to the High Court and now to the Court of Appeal. The fact...
Sunday, 13 January 2013

Originality in photographs: follow-up to Harney v Sony decision

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Harney v Sony : non-infringing A few days ago The 1709 Blog   posted  its analysis of a very recent US   decision , in which the US Cou...
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Fashion and copyright

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Unable to attend (meaning not invited to) Milan Fashion Week, this blogger spoke yesterday at the legal equivalent: the Intellectual Propert...
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Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Cameron wins Avatar copyright case

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Following on for my post on The Godfather , and whether it is possible to protect a film character by copyright, this week a federal judge i...
Friday, 31 August 2012

The Godfather: Can you copyright a film character?

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The Godfather was initially written as a novel by Mario Puzo, before Paramount Pictures produced the film in 1972. Before he died in 1999 ,M...
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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

The idea/expression dichotomy in the virtual world

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Last Friday, Electronic Arts (EA) sued Zynga in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that Zynga's new...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

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A recent judge's opinion in the acrimonious dispute between US television broadcasters CBS and ABC indicates that CBS is unlikely to be ...
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Friday, 22 June 2012

On the idea/expression dichotomy and puzzle videogames

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Tetris An interesting case touching upon the fascinating topic of the idea/expression dichotomy  has been decided recently by the US ...