Brussels, 30/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - According to the conclusions returned on Tuesday 29 November by the advocate general (Case C-406/10), the functionalities of a computer programme and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright. The source code of a programme may, if certain conditions are met, be reproduced in order to ensure interoperability with another programme.
The matter was brought before the Court of Justice of the EU in a case in the United Kingdom between the...