United Kingdom joint authorship

Kogan v Martin

[2019] EWCA Civ 1645; [2020] FSR 3

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

Year2020

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Joint authorship of a copyright work under s.10(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 requires collaboration, authorial contribution that is more than trivial, and contributions that are not distinct; the contributions need not be equal and the fact that one collaborator is the 'ultimate arbiter' of the work does not preclude joint authorship.

Area of Law

General

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