Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode (IPSO), and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. So far, intellectual property…
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It’s Official: Functionality is Uncopyrightable, Says the European Court of Justice
In November 2011, the Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), Yves Bot, issued an influential but non-binding legal opinion, positing that the functional aspects of computer programs should…