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Intellectual Property [2006] ZASCA 40

Haupt t/a Softcopy v Brewers Marketing Intelligence (Pty) Ltd. and Others (118/05)

Haupt t/a Softcopy v Brewers Marketing Intelligence (Pty) Ltd. and Others (118/05) [2006] ZASCA 40; 2006 (4) SA 458 (SCA); 2006 BIP 317 (SCA) (29 March 2006)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
118/05
Judges
Harms, Streicher, Mthiyane, Cloete, Lewis

The SCA held that Haupt owned copyright in the Data Explorer program and that the respondents infringed it by copying substantial parts of its code.

  • Copyright In Computer Programs
  • Originality Requirement
  • Database Protection
  • Infringement Of Copyright
  • Authorship And Control
  • Copyright-in-computer-programs
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