One in the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected

Derclaye, Estelle

Abstract

The Cour d'appel de Paris has held that a fragrance could be protected by copyright, as long as it fulfils the requirement of originality.

Citation

Derclaye, E. (2006). One in the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected. Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 1(6), https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpl048

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Mar 30, 2006
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 2, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
• Electronic ISSN: 1747-1532
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jiplp/jpl048
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1018804
• Publisher URL: http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/6/377.full
• Additional Information: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: Derclaye, E., One in the nose for Bellure: French appellate court confirms that perfumes are copyright protected, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 1,6 (2006), 377-379, is available online at: http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/6/377.full