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Global Yellow Pages Ltd v Promedia Directories Pte Ltd

[2017] 2 SLR 185
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtSingapore Court of Appeal
Year2017
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Singapore Court of Appeal held that telephone directory compilations lack copyright protection absent sufficient creativity, rejecting a mere labour/skill standard for originality.

Key Principle

copyright; telephone directory; compilation; originality; creativity standard; no copyright in factual compilations

Area of Law

ip

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