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5 February 2015Copyright
No copyright for recipes, says US court
A US court has ruled that recipes cannot be protected by copyright, in a dispute between two former business partners.
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22 October 2015 A US restaurant owner’s copyright claim centring on a recipe book has fallen flat at a US appeals court because it was deemed not original enough to deserve protection under US law.