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In 1709 (or was it 1710?) the Statute of Anne created the first purpose-built copyright law. This blog, founded just 300 short and unextended years later, is dedicated to all things copyright, warts and all.

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Friday, 28 June 2013

How far will exhaustion go after UsedSoft? Do let us know!

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Calling all exhaustion fans! The IPKat has just launched a poll to gather readers' opinion as to whether the ruling of the Court of ...

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Functionality of computer programs, language, unprotected by copyright, says CJEU

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Judgment was given this morning by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-406/10 SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Lt...

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

SOS, it's SAS! But that's just a matter of opinion ...

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The joys of Google Image: a search conducted under the name of the Advocate General turned this up as the first search result Yesterd...

Sunday, 5 June 2011

Licensees, third parties and the Software Directive: a reader asks ...

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(Third) party time for the Software Directive ... The 1709 Blog has received some interesting questions from one of its readers, who as...

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Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Same old Directive, new number

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Do you remember Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs? The Directive which requires EU m...

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