Summary
Presentation given at an IP seminar on 5 February 2013 on recent case law on copyright protection of computer software. It covers the legal framework, the CJEU’s judgments in BSA (C-393/09) on graphical user interfaces and SAS Institute v World Programming (C-406/10) on functionality and programming languages, the follow-up judgment of the High Court of England and Wales of 25 January 2013, UsedSoft v Oracle (C-128/11) on the resale of downloaded software, the US position and the next questions on exhaustion.
Reference
H. Haouideg, "Copyright protection of computer software: recent case law", IP seminar, 2013.