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Posted in CJEU, computer programs, copyright, originality, reverse engineering

CJEU Decided in SAS v. WPL
This morning, CJEU rendered very important decision in SAS v. WPL C-406/10. It deals with following issues: Is functionality of a computer program and the programming language used in a computer program protected as a computer program? Is it possible to contractually restrict the reverse engineering? How to asses the copyright protection of the user
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Posted in CJEU, copyright, originality, SK

Newspaper articles not creative enough. An issue for the CJEU?
Kluwer Copyright blog just published my article about ECOPRESS v. STORIN, which denied copyright protection on newspaper articles (reported by IPKat here). In article, I outline the background of the case, give some comments on compatibility with last European cases and mention that our European Information Society Institute, is now preparing amicus curiae brief before
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Posted in copyright, Court of Justice, EU, originality

European Originality Doctrine – Another Step Further?
Story of European originality concept seems to be evolving with every possible court case. For those who don´t know what I am talking about, a brief summary first. CJEU first in Infopaq C-5/08 expanded Union law concept of originality to the other works that photographs, databases and computer programs, which have their own directives. Later
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