A claim of joint authorship was made in a play entitled The King’s Wager, or The Camp, the Cottage and the Court. The play had been written by a Mr Wilks, to whose work the plaintiff, and others at the plaintiff’s suggestion, had added a scene and a few other alterations and additions. The plaintiff … Continue reading Levy v Rutley: CCP 1871
Reporter of Public Speech Owns Copyright I A reporter attended a speech by Lord Rosebery. His report of the speech was republished in the Times after another journalist who had not been present published a verbatim copy. He claimed a copyright in the work he produced. Held: The first journalist had copyright and was entitled … Continue reading Walter v Lane: HL 6 Aug 1900
The claimant’s action for patent infringement had been dismissed on the basis that the patent was invalid for obviousness. Held: There was material before the judge on which he could properly conclude as he did on the presence of common general knowledge. He had not been shown to have made any error of principle, and … Continue reading Seb SAa v Societe De’Longhi Spa: CA 4 Jul 2003
