The following is a list of cases that deal with issues of concern to copyright in various jurisdictions. Some of these cases are leading English cases as the law of copyright in various Commonwealth jurisdictions developed out of English law while these countries were colonies of the British_Empire. Other cases provide background in areas of copyright law that may be of interest for the legal reasoning or the conclusions they reach. ----

A

  • ''Advent_Sys._Ltd._v._Unisys_Corp'' (1991) held that the sale of software is the sale of a good within the meaning of Uniform Commercial Code.
  • ''Applied_Info._Mgmt.,_Inc,_v._Icart'' (1997) held that the sale of software is the sale of a good.
  • Autodesk v Dyason (No.2) (1993) 176 CLR 300 (the idea-expression_divide is the "dominant principle in copyright law" per Mason CJ: "when the expression of any idea is inseparable from its function, it forms part of the idea and is not entitled to the protection of copyright" per Dawson J)

    B

  • ''Bauer_&_Cie._v._O'Donnell'' (1913) US Supreme Court- Differences between patent and copyright defined also prohibits license to extend holders rights beyond statute.
  • ''Bobbs-Merrill_Co_v._Straus'' (1908) US Supreme Court- No license to use copyrighted material. License cannot extend holders rights beyond statute defined by congress.
  • ''Bridgeman_Art_Library_Ltd._v._Corel_Corporation,'' 36 F. Supp. 2d 191 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) photograph of public_domain work is not original(
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