WEEKES v. WILLIAMSON [1886] VicLawRp 109; (1886) 12 VLR 483 (25 June 1886)

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Title WEEKES v. WILLIAMSON [1886] VicLawRp 109; (1886) 12 VLR 483 (25 June 1886)
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Abstract/Description Copyright Act 1869, s. 29-Dramatic production-Dramatisation of novel by two persons-Infringement of copyright-Establishrnent of legal rights-Injunction-Comparison of two dramas. In cases of applications for injunctions for infringement of copyright, the plaintiff is entitled to an injunction in aid of his legal right, but that legal right must first be established with some degree of certainty. Any number of persons may dramatise a novel written by another person, which the author himself has not dramatised, so long as they do not copy a previous dramatisation of the novel. Where a plaintiff who has dramatised a novel seeks an injunction against a defendant who also has dramatised it under a similar name, he must bring both dramatic versions before the Court, to enable the Court to ascertain whether there has been any real infringement.
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Date Issued 25 June 1886
Holding Institution Australasian Legal Information Institute
Language English
Citation Supreme Court of Victoria, WEEKES v. WILLIAMSON [1886] VicLawRp 109; (1886) 12 VLR 483 (25 June 1886) , Australasian Legal Information Institute, 25 June 1886
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