Europe’s top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made ...

Europe’s top court ruled Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. The European Court of Justice made the ...

The functionalities of a computer program and programming languages cannot be protected by copyright, according to the European Court of Justice’s senior adviser. Advocate General Yves Bot published ...

Computer programs cannot be protected by copyright under the EU’s Software Directive, but could be eligible for protection under other European laws But Gareth Dickson of Edwards Wildman said that the ...