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Intellectual Property [2008] ZASCA 143

King v South African Weather Services (716/07)

King v South African Weather Services (716/07) [2008] ZASCA 143; 2008 BIP 330 (SCA) ; 2009 (3) SA 13 (SCA) ; [2009] 2 All SA 31 (SCA) (27 November 2008)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
716/07
Judges
Harms, Cloete, Cachalia, Leach, Griesel

The Supreme Court of Appeal held that copyright in the weather computer programs vested in the employer because they were created in the course of employment.

  • Copyright Ownership
  • Computer Programs
  • Employment Contracts
  • Work Made In Course Of Employment
  • Copyright-ownership
  • Computer-programs
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