| Walter v Lane | |
|---|---|
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| Court | House of Lords |
| Full case name | Walter and another (on behalf of themselves and all other the proprietors of the business of publishing and carrying on The Times Newspaper) and Lane |
| Decided | 6 August 1900 |
| Citation | [1900] AC 539, 69 LJ Ch 699, 49 WR 95, 83 LT 289, 16 TLR 551, [1900-03] All ER Rep Ext 1666 |
| Case history | |
| Prior action | Walter v Lane [1899] 2 Ch 749 |
| Appealed from | Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lord Chancellor Earl of Halsbury Lord Davey Lord James of Hereford Lord Brampton Lord Robertson |
| Keywords | |
Walter v Lane [1900] AC 539, was a judgement of the House of Lords on the question of Authorship under the Copyright Act 1842. It has come to be recognised as a seminal case on the notion of originality in copyright law and has been upheld as an early example of the sweat of the brow doctrine.[1]
- ^ Gendreau, Ysolde (2009). An Emerging Intellectual Property Paradigm: Perspectives from Canada. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 151–152. ISBN 1847205976.