Cases

London General Holdings v USP Holdings plc

Comment

This case revisits the territory of Work Model Enterprises Ltd v Ecosystem Ltd [1996] FSR 356. As in that case, although the infringing article was used by the defendant for the purpose of competing with the copyright owner, the competitive advantage thereby obtained did not depend on the exact text being copied. It depended instead on the communication of ideas, over which the copyright owner cannot assert a monopoly. These cases demonstrate that the liability of a copyright infringer is limited to those consequences which are attributable to that which made his act wrongful in the first place.

Areas of work

Copyright
Intellectual Property
Privacy and Confidence

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