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Case Summary
Société Art Conception Réalisation (SARL) v. Mme. Veuve Foujita
Tribunal de grande instance [TGI] [ordinary court of original jurisdiction] Nanterre, Sept. 15, 1986 (Fr.).
Cour d’appel [CA] [regional court of appeal] Versailles, March 3, 1987 (Fr.)
Cour de cassation [Cass.] [supreme court for judicial matters] Civ. 1st, Feb. 28, 1989, No. 87-13540 (Fr.).
Cour d’appel [CA] ] [regional court of appeal] Rennes, Nov. 16, 1990 (Fr.)
Précis
A French court was asked to determine whether a
copyright
A property right in an original work of authorship (including literary, musical, dramatic, choreographic, pictorial, graphic, sculptural, and architectural works; motion pictures and other audiovisual works; and sound recordings) fixed in any tangible medium of expression, giving the holder the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, and display the work (Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004)).
copyright holder’s refusal to permit a publisher and author of a book to reproduce certain works of an artist was a notorious abuse of the right of reproduction (
droit de reproduction).
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