Hearings
England & Wales
10 Apr 1963 [1964] Ch 560; [1963] 3 WLR 397; [1963] 2 All ER 495; [1963] 1 Lloyd's Rep 377, Ch D
13 Dec 1963 [1965] Ch 1; [1964] 2 WLR 195; [1964] 1 All ER 241; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 455, CA
Dorling v Honnor Marine Ltd
Subject Matter
COPYRIGHT — Infringement — Corresponding design applied industrially — Design unregistered — Unauthorised reproduction of article and component parts — Whether copyright in plans infringed by reproduction of article or its component parts — Kit of parts — Whether “anything for enabling an article to be made” — Whether “object” — Photographs of parts made from plans — Whether reproduction of artistic work — Copyright Act, 1956, ss 9 (8), 10 (3) — Registered Designs Act, 1949, s 7 (1)
[1964] Ch 560; [1965] Ch 1; [1963] 3 WLR 397; [1964] 2 WLR 195
LICENCE — Termination — Denial of existence of licence — Whether effective as notice of termination — Assignment of licence personal to licensee
Appellate History
Dorling v Honnor Marine Ltd [1964] Ch 560; [1963] 3 WLR 397; [1963] 2 All ER 495; [1963] 1 Lloyd's Rep 377, Ch D
Decision of Cross J reversed in part
Dorling v Honnor Marine Ltd [1965] Ch 1; [1964] 2 WLR 195; [1964] 1 All ER 241; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 455, CA