The daily circulation within a large company of press cuttings was outside the scope of the reporting of current events defences to copyright infringement. Ownership of the typographical arrangement of a newspaper article sufficed to found a claim. An edition meant a ‘version’ of a literary work and ‘In the case of a newspaper made up of a number of different articles, each separate article is in my view a literary work and the typographical arrangement of each separate article is accordingly a copyright work.’
Judges:
Lightman J
Citations:
Times 26-Jan-1999, Gazette 24-Feb-1999, [1999] EWHC Patents 266, [1999] RPC 536
Links:
Statutes:
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 30(2)
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Appealed to – Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Marks and Spencer Plc CA 26-May-2000
The defendant had a cuttings service, and distributed selected articles amongst its staff. The Agency complained that this amounted to copying a substantial part of the editions from which the cuttings were taken. There was no typographical . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd v Marks and Spencer Plc CA 26-May-2000
The defendant had a cuttings service, and distributed selected articles amongst its staff. The Agency complained that this amounted to copying a substantial part of the editions from which the cuttings were taken. There was no typographical . .
Cited – Hyde Park Residence Ltd v Yelland, News Group Newspapers Ltd, News International Ltd, Murrell CA 10-Feb-2000
The court considered a dispute about ownership and confidence in and copyright of of video tapes taken by Princess Diana before her death.
Held: The courts have an inherent discretion to refuse to enforce of copyright. When assessing whether . .
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Intellectual Property
Updated: 23 May 2022; Ref: scu.135861