Walter V Lane
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| Date decided | August 6, 1900 |
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| Citation(s) | AC 539 |
| Court | Judicial functions of the House of Lords |
| Appealed from | Court of Appeal of England and Wales |
| Date argued | 1842 |
| Judge sittings | Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury |
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| ID | 2934562 |
About Walter V Lane
Walter v Lane [1900] AC 539, was a judgement of the House of Lords on the question of Authorship under the Copyright Act 1842. It has come to be recognised as a seminal case on the notion of originality in copyright law and has been upheld as an early example of the sweat of the brow doctrine.
