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The EU has similar cases occur. For example between Lego and Best-Lock over what features of lego are copyrightable versus which are functional (and their compe
by wbillingsley 7y ago
The EU has similar cases occur. For example between Lego and Best-Lock over what features of lego are copyrightable versus which are functional (and their competitors' minifigures are also designed to "interoperate" with lego bricks)
https://thetmca.com/equitable-estoppel-defense-denies-lego-full-victory-in-copyright-case/ https://thetmca.com/equitable-estoppel-defense-denies-lego-f...
- sharpneli 7y agoYeah. As can be seen in that case they are focusing on things that are mandatory (non copyrightable) and those that are just stylistic choices (copyrightable). API compatibility doesn’t have any stylistic choices in it.