Section 2(2) of the 1911 Act, which provided that ‘Copyright in a work shall also be deemed to be infringed by any person who . . (c) by way of trade exhibits in public . . any work which to his knowledge infringes copyright.’ The plaintiff owned copyrights in fashion illustrations for men’s clothes. In … Continue reading Van Dusen v Kritz: 1936
Section 5(2) of the 1956 Act provided that ‘Copyright in a . . work is infringed by any person who . . imports an article . . if to his knowledge the making of that article constituted an infringement of that copyright, or would have constituted such an infringement if the article had been made … Continue reading Infabrics Ltd v Jaytex Shirt Co Ltd: 1978
The defendants had imported and distributed a series of ‘study notes’ for students which the plaintiffs alleged infringed the copyrights in the works under discussion. Held: The defendants had been ‘fixed with knowledge’ 14 days after letters before action sent by the plaintiffs, that being a reasonable time in which to consider their position. The … Continue reading Sillitoe v McGraw-Hill Book Co: 1983
The claimant rights holders sought an order to require the defendant broadband internet provider to deny access to its users to websites which were said to facilitate the distribution of infringing copies of their films. An earlier judgment had . .
