Svea HR: Elwood does not meet the required level of originality

Svea Court of Appeal 6 november 2014, IEF 14444(G-Star Raw tegen H&M)
Uitspraak ingezonden door Gino van Roeyen, BANNING en Henrik Wistam, Lindahl. Eerdere 'Elwood-zaken' op IE-Forum.nl. ‘The conclusion by the Court of Appeal is therefore that an assessment of the facts, which G-Star has invoked constitute OrignalElwood – including the five design elements – leads up to the conclusion that the work, in the manner being alleged by G-Star, does not meet the required level of originality.

Accordingly, the work invoked by G-Star, in the manner claimed by G-Star, does not have copyright protection. In its assessment the Court of Appeal takes into consideration that G-Star, against the denial of H&M, has not succeeded in proving in detail what the five particularly invoked design elements on OriginalElwood looked like.’
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