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''Navitaire Inc v Easyjet Airline Co. and BulletProof Technologies, Inc.'', is a decision by the England and Wales High Court of Justice (Chancery Division). The case involved a copyright infringement claim brought by Navitaire Inc. ("Navitaire") against EasyJet Airline Company ("EasyJet") and Bulletproof Technologies, Inc. ("Bulletproof") with regards to software used to construct an airline booking (ticket reservation) system. Curiously, it was not claimed that Defendant had access to the original source code or that Defendant's source code resembled Plaintiff's in any way. The case affirms that it is only the source code or object code of a program - i.e. the underlying framework - that may be protected by copyright. The programming language used to create the program, as well as the program's functional aspects and interfaces, are not to be protected.〔 This is because computer programs are unique as one can achieve a similar end result through different means. However, artistic aspects may be protected. That is, copyright subsists in visual images created as icons or Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) and the Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs will not apply to these images. Specific to this case, it was held that writing original source code that results in a similar or an identical function to another program does not result in infringement of that program. Navitaire also confirmed the notion that an injunction would be granted only where it wasn't oppressive. The Navitaire Court's approach has been confirmed in other opinions. In the Court of Appeals' 2007 decision of "Nova Productions Limited vs. Mazooma Games Limited", the court held that under a program did not infringe on another where it produces similar results but has different underlying source code. == Attorneys == Henry Carr QC, Mark Vanhegan and Anna Edwards-Stuart (instructed by Field Fisher Waterhouse) for the Claimants Richard Arnold QC and Brian Nicholson (instructed by Herbert Smith) for the Defendants 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Navitaire Inc v Easyjet Airline Co. and BulletProof Technologies, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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