Abstract
A comment to the Sas Institute Inc. v. World Programming Ltd case [Court of Justice, Grand Chamber, 2 May 2012, C-406/10]. It is one of the most important European decisions in the field of computer programs and it is notable both from a practical and a theoretical point of view. The European Court of Justice denies protection to functionalities, programming language and format of data files, because they have to be considered as 'ideas' and not as 'expression'. The idea/expression dichotomy, often called into question especially in software copyright, is placed at the core of a not anymore ignorable, both by scholars and enterprises.
Translated title of the contribution | Computer programs and the boundaries of copyright: The Court of Justice denies protection to functionalities, programming language and formats of data files |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 69-96 |
Number of pages | 28 |
Journal | Rivista di Diritto dell'Economia, dei Trasporti e dell'Ambiente |
Volume | 11 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2013 |
Keywords
- copyright
- data files
- computer programs
- software copyright