Summary
Presentation given at an IP seminar on 9 March 2012 on recent case law on copyright protection of computer software. It covers the legal framework, the CJEU’s BSA judgment (C-393/09) on graphical user interfaces, the questions then pending in SAS Institute v World Programming (C-406/10) on the protection of functionality, and the exhaustion of rights in software.
Reference
H. Haouideg, "Copyright protection of computer software: recent case law", IP seminar, 2012.