I programmi per elaboratore e i confini del diritto d'autore : La Corte di Giustizia nega la tutela a funzionalità, linguaggio di programmazione e formato dei file di dati

Noto La Diega, Guido (2013) I programmi per elaboratore e i confini del diritto d'autore : La Corte di Giustizia nega la tutela a funzionalità, linguaggio di programmazione e formato dei file di dati. Rivista di Diritto dell'Economia, dei Trasporti e dell'Ambiente, 11. pp. 69-96.

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Abstract

A comment to the Sas Institute Inc. v. World Programming Ltd case [Court of Justice, Grand Chamber, 2 May 2012, C-406/10]. It is one of the most important European decisions in the field of computer programs and it is notable both from a practical and a theoretical point of view. The European Court of Justice denies protection to functionalities, programming language and format of data files, because they have to be considered as 'ideas' and not as 'expression'. The idea/expression dichotomy, often called into question especially in software copyright, is placed at the core of a not anymore ignorable, both by scholars and enterprises.

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