“UK court discusses copyright protection of fictional characters and defences for parody and pastiche” by Eleonora ROSATI
Can a fictional character be protected as a self standing copyright work? If so, what is the test to be applied? In a judgment handed down yesterday – Shazam v Only Fools The Dining Experience and Others [2022] EWHC 1379 (IPEC) – the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) answered ‘yes’ and applied guidance derived from EU law, including the decision of […]
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