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The Odor Of Copyright Protection


Advocaat at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek THE SCENT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONThe scent of copyright protection

cheers Leonie Kroon, who was showtime amongst this item, every bit good every bit from Vivien Rörsch, Advocaat at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (this trouble solid has prepared a groovy lilliputian summary of the case, amongst comments yesteryear Tobias Cohen Jehoram) in addition to from Piter de Weerd (www.Boek9.nl).

Last Fri the Dutch Supreme Court gave judgment inwards Kecofa 5 Lancome in the dispute betwixt them over whether copyright subsists inwards a perfume. Leonie has summarised the thing every bit follows:
The primal points are every bit follows:

- The Dutch Copyright Act contains a non-exhaustive listing of things that tin live on a 'work' for the purposes of the act; the Supreme Court says at that spot is no argue why a odour should non live on included.

- To larn copyright protection, a odour must live on a creation that is visible to humans, amongst its ‘own’ in addition to ‘original’ grapheme in addition to reflecting the personality of the creator.

- The Dutch Copyright Act does non protect a move when its ‘own’ in addition to ‘original’ grapheme exclusively applies to that what is necessary for getting a certainly technical effect. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 perfume is non a move having a mere technical effect.

- The Supreme Court did non honor it relevant that the human odour organ [the IPKat thinks this mightiness merely live on the olfactory organ ...] has restrictions inwards distinguishing betwixt unlike smells, nor did it honor it relevant that the powerfulness to distinguish betwixt smells differs from someone to person.

- Evidence of infringement of the move tin live on given on the solid set down of laboratory tests in addition to panels of people asked to odour it. Judges volition non live on required to odour it for themselves inwards futurity cases.

Advocaat at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek THE SCENT OF COPYRIGHT PROTECTION- The Supreme Court was of the persuasion that it was too non relevant that due to the specific nature of smells, non all provisions of the Copyright Act tin live on applicable to it. For illustration the normal utilization of a perfume, which a user cannot live on prohibited from, volition due to its nature necessarily involve ‘distribution’ of the copyright work.
remains sceptical every bit to whether this decision, in addition to its French counterpart, convey anything to practise amongst copyright at all; he wonders what Victor Hugo, founding begetter of the Berne Convention, would convey made of it in addition to considers that this assort of creation is to a greater extent than appropriately protected yesteryear unfair contest rather than yesteryear author's right.

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