Acohs Pty Ltd v Ucorp Pty Ltd

 

The Full Federal Court has handed down its decision in Acohs Pty Ltd v Ucorp Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 16.

The primary points of consideration were:

-          Whether copyright subsists in HTML source code of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) rendered by computer program

-          Whether copyright subsists in MSDSs created by a process of transcription of third party MSDSs

-          Whether implied licence arising as a matter of law

The court’s orders were:

-          The parties submit within 14 days draft orders;

-          And leave be granted to the parties to file and serve within 14 days written submissions on the question of costs identified in the reason for judgment.

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