Landmark case · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4

University of London Press Ltd. v. University Tutorial Press Ltd.

[1916] 2 Ch 601 · Chancery Division (England)

Originality means origin from the author, not novelty of thought; examination papers were original literary works.

From topic

Subsistence, originality and the idea–expression dichotomy — Unit I, Intellectual Property Law.

Related sections:

Copyright Act, 1957, 13 — Works in which copyright subsists
Copyright Act, 1957, 14 — Meaning of copyright
Copyright Act, 1957, 16 — No copyright except as provided
Copyright Act, 1957, 17 — First owner of copyright