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Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases 2007 124(17):589-609; doi:10.1093/rpc/2007rpc25
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© Crown Copyright

[2007] R.P.C. 25

NOVA PRODUCTIONS LTD v MAZOOMA GAMES LTD

Court of Appeal

(Sir Andrew Morritt, Chancellor of the High Court, Jacob and Lloyd, L.JJ.): February 6, 7 and March 14, 20071

[2007] EWCA Civ 219; [2007] R.P.C. 25

Copyright—Infringement—Video games—Bitmaps and composite frames—Artistic copyright—Design notes and computer program implementing game—Literary copyright—Copyright held to subsist but not infringed—Appeal to Court of Appeal—Whether copyright subsists in a series of graphic works over and above the copyrights in the individual works—Computer programs—Ideas not protected—Idea/Expression dichotomy—Whether only generalised ideas taken—Relevance of TRIPs Agreement in construction of Software Directive.

Key Words: Computer games • Copying • Copyright • Graphic works • Infringement • Software • Substantial part

1 Paragraph numbers in this judgment are as assigned by the court.


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