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Meridian International Services Ltd v Richardson and others: ChD 18 Oct 2007

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

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

CitedRobin 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

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