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WEDNESDAY, 27 JULY 2011
Star Wars - victory in the Old Republic, defeat in the Empire
The UK Supreme Court (House of Lords as was) has today released its long-awaited judgment in Lucasfilm v Ainsworth, the Star Wars Storm Trooper copyright case. To cut to the chase: Lucasfilm win on justiciability of US copyright in the UK, hence US infringement; Ainsworth wins on whether the fictional helmet is a "sculpture", hence no UK infringement.
We have briefly scanned the judgment, but there is a lot to digest, so we will post analysis tomorrow. Until then farewell, padawans and Exalted Ones. Posted by: David Musker @ 11.39
Tags: copyright, foreign, justiciability, Lucasfilm, sculpture,
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Star Wars - victory in the Old Republic, defeat in the Empire
We have briefly scanned the judgment, but there is a lot to digest, so we will post analysis tomorrow. Until then farewell, padawans and Exalted Ones. Posted by: David Musker @ 11.39
Tags: copyright, foreign, justiciability, Lucasfilm, sculpture,
Perm-A-Link: https://www.marques.org/blogs/class99?XID=BHA261
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