Designer Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd (trading as Washington DC)
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | LORD BINGHAM OF CORNHILL,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD HOPE OF CRAIGHEAD,LORD MILLETT,LORD SCOTT OF FOSCOTE |
| Judgment Date | 23 November 2000 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [2000] UKHL J1123-1 |
| Date | 23 November 2000 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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...appear to me to affect the analysis and nor does Tesco's reference in closing to Designers Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 2416. In that case, which was concerned with whether the defendant had infringed the artwork used in a complex fabric design involving stripes......
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...is infringed by reproducing the whole or a substantial part of a work in a material form (s16 and s17 of the 1988 Act). 24 In Designers Guild v Russell Williams [2000] 1 WLR 2416, [2001] FSR 11 p113 Lord Millett said the following: The first step in an action for infringement of artistic ......
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3 firm's commentaries
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IP Bulletin - November 2012
...inference, by establishing that its design was produced independently (following Designers Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 2416). Concerning the origin of Spring Meadow, Judge Birss considered that the similarities between the fabrics coupled with the overall circum......
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'Does That TV Program Or Film Copy That Book?' The Limits Of Colourable Imitation' In Canada
...2 Cinar Corporation v. Robinson, 2013 SCC 73 [Cinar], at para 27, citing Designers Guild Ltd. v. Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd., [2001] 1 All E.R. 700, at p. 3 CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, 2004 SCC 13at para 8 4 Andrews v. McHale, 2016 FC 624, at para 88. 5 Cinar at p......
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Cinar Corporation V Robinson, 2013 SCC 73
...a substantial part of the infringed work" and cited the House of Lords in Designers Guild Ltd. v. Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd., [2001] 1 All E.R. 700 (H.L.) at 706, for the proposition that "... the "part" which is regarded as substantial can be a feature or combination of features of t......
10 books & journal articles
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Are Fashion Designers Better Protected in Continental Europe than in the United Kingdom? A Comparative Analysis of the Recent Case Law in France, Italy and the United Kingdom
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Scanning Cultural Heritage: The Implications for Intellectual Property and Cultural Institutions.
...Civ 1328, [2010] Ch 503 [66]. (194) Davies et al., above, note, 102, 57-58. (195) Designers Guild Ltd v. Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd [2001] FSR 11 (HL) (196) Ronan Deazley, 'Letter' (2001) 23(12) European Intellectual Property Review 601, 602. (197) Petri, above, note 3, 6. (198) Sawkin......
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The Review Roles of the Court of Appeal: Grobelaar v News International
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Intellectual Property Law
...another”s skill and labour: see Lord Scott of Foscote in the House of Lords case of Designers Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textile) Ltd[2000] 1 WLR 2416 at 2431. The House of Lords also held that in ascertaining whether the benefit of skill and labour has indeed been appropriated, the natu......
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