| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 95 (Dec) |
| Court: | Chancery Division |
| Judge: | Judge Weeks QC sitting as a judge of the High Court |
| Representation | The claimant appeared in person. |
| Simon Malynicz (instructed by SJ Berwin) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 4 December 2003 |
Catchwords
Copyright - Infringement - Independent design - Claimant revealing proposal for betting scheme to defendant - Claimant alleging defendant infringing copyright - Defendant's application to strike out claim.
The Case
A claim for breach of copyright in respect of a betting scheme was struck out on the basis that the similarities between the claimant's and the defendant's schemes were at such a level of abstraction that no court could conclude that the defendant had made use of the claimant's skill and efforts.
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