• Data Access had copyright in a computer program “Dataflex”, used by programmers to develop databases. Dr Bennett created a program compatible with “Dataflex”, which was sold by Powerflex Services in competition with “Dataflex”. He did not have access to the “Dataflex” source code, nor did he seek to decompile their program.
  • Held, no infringement of copyright except for the use of a Compression Table which merely reduced computer storage space. Observing a program and developing a similar program without copying the source code or decompiling the program will not infringe copyright.