计算机字体中单字、字库的法律保护——以北大方正诉宝洁公司著作权纠纷案为例.pdfVIP

Abstract Computer font industries make more efforts into the assertion of their rights, which make litigation related to computer fonts occur frequently. Because legislation is not clear and courts fined varying in judicial practice, theorists have a fierce discussion on the legal status and legal protection of computer fonts. This paper base on the summary of the academic point of view, and take Beijing Founder Co. v. Guangzhou Procter Gamble Co. font infringement as a guide to the exploration of the problem concerning the legal status and the legal protection of the computer fonts. The first part details the facts of Founder v. Guangzhou Procter Gamble and Beijing Carrefour Commercial Co., Ltd., synthesize the typical cases related to computer fonts infringement, and thus we can have a relatively overall understanding of the infringement patterns and judgments of such cases in our judicial practice. The second part defines the concept of the computer font, font library, and font software, in order to discuss in the following parts. The third part analyzes the legal attributes of word computer font 、font library and font software of computer font. Through analysis of the originality and functionality of word computer font, the writer believes that except for a few computer fonts which are very creative, distinctive and full of aesthetic meaning, word computer fonts are not belonging to art work in principle, so they should not be protected by copyright. And, in terms of social effects, the paper indicates that giving no copyright protection to individual character does not affect the font industry, while protecting individual character may infringe the public domain. After ana