23026 Mehdi Norowzian v (1) Arks Limited (2) Guinness Brewing Worldwise Limited

Court of Appeal (Nourse, Brooke, Buxton LJJ, 4 November 1999) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, ss1(1), 3(1), 3(2), 5B(1), 16(1), 16(3)(a) – whether a film per se could be a dramatic work – films with particular and characteristic editing techniques – not a recording of a dramatic work – copying of style not actionable – appeal dismissed (SRIS C/77/99)

Mr R Arnold and Miss J Reid (Briffa & Co) for the appellant claimant; Mr P Prescott QC and Mr T Mitcheson (Theodore Goddard) for the respondent first defendant; Mr A Speck (Herbert Smith) for the respondent second defendant.