The question on whether a company could be considered the author
of a work for the purpose of asserting copyright protection was
addressed in a recent decision of the Court of Appeal of Singapore
involving two publishers of horseracing magazines.
The issue emanated from a claim for copyright infringement and
passing off lodged before the High Court by Pioneers & Leaders
(Publishers) Pte Ltd against Asia Pacific Publishing Pte Ltd.
Pioneers and Leaders is the publisher of Punters' Way magazine
while Asia Pacific Publishing is the publisher of Racing
Guide magazine.
The claim alleged that Racing Guide copied the table guides
containing relevant horseracing information which were first used
in Punters' Way. In both magazines, the table guides contained
the same set of information (ie. race card, results panel, track
work and records of past performances) and were organised in the
same sequence. Racing Guide also used a colour coding system in its
table guides which is
