Testing for subsistence and infringement of copyright in computer programs: Some US and UK cases

✍ Scribed by J.A.L. Sterling

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 938 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-3649
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-3649(00)80030-8

✦ Synopsis

Introductory 1. Production of works 2. Evolution of works II. Subsistence of copyright A. USA (i) The Statute (ii) Literal and non-literal elements (iii) Compilations (iv) The five disqualifications (a) Mere idea, procedure etc. (b) Merger (c) External factors (d) No originality (e) Public domain (v) The abstraction-filtration-comparison test (vi) Screen displays B. UK (i) The Statute (ii) Literal and non-literal elements (iii) Compilations (iv) The five disqualifications (v) The abstraction-filtration-comparison test (vi) Screen displays III. Infringement of copyright 1. US approach 2. UK approach under appeal) ('IBCOS') John Richardson Computers Ltd v Flanders and Anor [1993] FSR 497, (Ch.D.) ('Richardson') Kenrick and Co v Lawrence and Co (1890) 25 Q.B.D. 99 ('Kenrick') Total Information Processing Systems Ltd v Daman Ltd [1992] FSR 171 (Ch.D.) ('TIPS') AUSTRALIAN CASES Apple Computer Inc. and Anor v Computer Edge Pty Ltd and Anor. [1986] FSR 37 (High Court) Autodesk Inc. and Anor v Dyason and ors [1992] RPC 575, [1993] RPC 259 (High Court) CANADIAN CASE Delrina Corp. v Triolet Systems Inc. (1993) 47 CPR (3d) 1 (Ont.Ct.) Delrina Corp. v Triolet Systems Inc. (1993) 47 CPR (3d) 1 (Canada, Ont.Ct.) (tests for infringement: unauthorized copying of screen display).