Autospin (Oil Seals) Ltd v Beehive Spinning (A Firm): ChD 9 Aug 1995

An expert witness in a copyright case is under a duty to approach his task seriously. What is substantial reproduction in copyright depends on the nature of the copyright work in issue.

Judges:

Laddie J

Citations:

Times 09-Aug-1995, [1995] RPC 683

Cited by:

CitedHyperion Records Ltd v Sawkins CA 19-May-2005
The claimant had developed historical musical works for performance. They were published by the defendant, by means of recordings of a performance from the scores he had prepared – so called ‘performance editions’. The many hundreds of hours . .
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Intellectual Property

Updated: 18 May 2022; Ref: scu.78028