The House held that copyright did not exist in the law of Scotland except as provided for by the statute of 8 Anne.
Citations:
Unreported, July 1773
Statutes:
Cited by:
Followed – Donaldson v Beckett HL 22-Feb-1774
Copyright Must Be Limited in Time
The booksellers’ statutory copyright rights had expired. They requested the court to recognise a continuing right akin to copyright under common law.
Held: Following Hinton -v- Donaldson, the Lords dissolved an injunction against Alexander . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Intellectual Property, Scotland
Updated: 29 April 2022; Ref: scu.184250