Search
A Recent Court Decision on the Copyrightability of Applied Art
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む Regarding the copyrightability of applied art, the prevailing view had traditionally been that the threshold for creativity was set higher than for works of fine art. Recently, it had been reported that, in foreign countries such as Germany, the majority view does not distinguish between applied art and fine art, and this judgment can be evaluated as having moved closer to the practice in those countries. (Heisei 26 (Ne) No. 10063) http://w
