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United Kingdom Copyright Decisions and Legislative Developments 2016

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This report highlights the main UK copyright decisions in 2016, which relate to the definition of “substantial part” in the context of copyright infringement, the interaction between the fair dealing provisions and the Information Society Directive, the relationship between copyright enforcement and competition law, the interaction between national legislation on copyright damages and the Enforcement Directive, and the effect of choice of law clauses on statutory rights conferred by the copyright legislation of other jurisdictions. It also discusses the repeal of Sec. 52 of the CDPA, which had previously limited the term of copyright protection for artistic works that had been exploited through industrial manufacturing to 25 years from the date of first marketing.

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  1. [2016] EWHC 575 (Ch).

  2. CDPA, s 16(3).

  3. [2013] EWCA Civ 1482.

  4. C-5/08.

  5. C-5/08, [50].

  6. Information Society Directive, Art. 2(a).

  7. Berne Convention, Art. 2(1).

  8. Information Society Directive, Arts. 2(d) and (e).

  9. Cf. German Federal Supreme Court, November 20, 2008, Case No I ZR 112/06 – Metall auf Metall I; German Federal Supreme Court, December 13, 2012, Case No I ZR 182/11 – Metall auf Metall II.

  10. For an argument to this effect, see Ohly (2009), pp. 215–216.

  11. See e.g. Vitoria et al. (2011), para. 6.30.

  12. C-201/13.

  13. See respectively Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts. 11 and 17; Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Art. 10; Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Art. 1.

  14. Under Art. 5(5) of the Information Society Directive, exceptions and limitations to copyright protection shall only be applied “in certain special cases which do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or other subject-matter and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder”. The three-step test has its origins in Art. 9(2) Berne Convention.

  15. [2016] EWCA Civ 1097.

  16. Joined Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08.

  17. [2014] EWHC 253 (Ch).

  18. [2016] EWHC 3076 (IPEC).

  19. [2015] EWHC 2608 (IPEC).

  20. [2016] EWHC 3091 (Ch).

  21. In re Missouri Steamship Co (1889) 42 Ch D 321; Vita Food Products Inc v. Unus Shipping Co Ltd [1939] AC 277.

  22. Ispahani v. Bank Melli Iran [1998] Lloyd’s Rep Bank 133.

  23. Computer Programs Directive, Art. 6; CDPA, Sec. 50B(1)–(3).

  24. Computer Programs Directive, Art. 8; CDPA, Sec. 50B(4).

  25. Copyright Act 1976 (US), Sec. 107.

  26. For a detailed treatment of this, see Bently (2012), pp 654–657.

  27. Copyright (Industrial Process and Excluded Articles) (No. 2) Order 1989 (UK).

  28. C-168/09.

  29. Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Commencement No 10 and Saving Provisions) Order 2016 (UK).

  30. Bently (2012), pp. 662–667, 671–672.

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Lee, Y.H. United Kingdom Copyright Decisions and Legislative Developments 2016. IIC 48, 184–194 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-017-0553-6

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