tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4602492591167505883..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: If Innocent is innocent, who then is at fault? A tale of Dudes and SmoothiesVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42436049858915890862015-02-15T23:16:34.054+00:002015-02-15T23:16:34.054+00:00Wasn't there a similar case in which an archit...Wasn't there a similar case in which an architect had designed some houses, but the firm building them went bust before he got paid? Another firm (possibly related to the first, I forget) built the houses, but when he asked them to pay him he was told that they were a separate firm and weren't responsible for the debts of the old one. So he sued for copyright infringemnt, on the grounds that if they hadn't paid him they didn't have the right to build houses according to his plans.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80317255367468809732015-02-13T17:11:31.942+00:002015-02-13T17:11:31.942+00:00That's an interesting commentary on copyright ...That's an interesting commentary on copyright ownership, an issue which often comes up in practice. It's a pity that damages couldn't be quantified as that would have been interesting.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197893640881017718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-228135143161535092015-02-13T14:59:05.533+00:002015-02-13T14:59:05.533+00:00Compare the Dr Martens case in the Court of Appeal...Compare the Dr Martens case in the Court of Appeal, <a href="http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2005/11.html" rel="nofollow">Griggs v Evans</a>. That case also found that there was an equitable assignment of the copyright in a trade mark logo.<br />Tim Jacksonnoreply@blogger.com