28 July 2022CopyrightCarl Steele & Christopher Fotheringham
How ‘Del Boy’ became a literary copyright work
In a landmark decision of Deputy High Court Judge John Kimbell QC, in the case of Shazam Productions v Only Fools The Dining Experience and others[2022] EWHC 1379 (IPEC), the fictional character ‘Del Boy’ (who appears in the famous British TV sitcom “Only Fools and Horses” (OFAH)) has been recognised as a literary copyright work, separate from the scripts for the sitcom in which he featured.
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