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Expert evidence on authorship and language
  • 25 Aug 1993

    LINDA CHIH LING KOO v. LAM TAI HING

    Citation
    LINDA CHIH LING KOO v. LAM TAI HING
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV116/1992

    The Court upheld the trial judge's findings that the respondents' questionnaire was an original literary work protected by copyright, that the appellant had used and reproduced a substantial and qualitatively important part of it (established by sequence, tabular forms, unusual phrasing and expert evidence), and that the questionnaire was confidential because it embodied skill and judgment; the appellant had obtained it without authority and used it, constituting misuse of confidential information and copyright infringement, therefore the appeal is dismissed.