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3 December 2013Copyright

SAS appeal in WPL case rejected

The England & Wales Court of Appeal has dismissed a copyright case brought by software producer SAS Institute against World Programming (WPL).

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UK judge delivers computer program ruling
25 January 2013   A judge at The High Court of England & Wales has cleared World Programming (WPL) of infringing the copyright in SAS Institute’s computer programs.
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CJEU: no copyright for computer program functionality
1 August 2012   Europe’s highest court ruled in May that copyright protection does not extend to the functionality of a computer program or its programming language.


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