The claimant had contracted to finalise and update software written by the defendants. They claimed that the contract included an implied clause that the defendant’s copyright was assigned to them by the agreement.
Held: The claimant had not established the term it sought to imply.
Judges:
Ham QC J
Citations:
[2007] EWHC 2539 (Ch), [2007] Info TLR 139
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Robin Ray v Classic FM Plc PatC 18-Mar-1998
Contractor and Client Copyrights
The plaintiff had contributed a design for a system of classifying and selecting tracks to be played on a radio station. He did so under a consultancy contract.
Held: A Joint authorship claim required that the contributor had made some direct . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Intellectual Property, Contract
Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.260348
