Документ:Ответ на запрос WIPO об авторском праве на шахматные партии
From: "klk" [email protected] To: <[email protected]>[1]
Copies to: "Konstantin Kodinets" <[email protected]>
Subject: Chess game Date sent: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:13:56 +0400
Respected gentlemens!
Could you, please, answer me if a chess game (tournament chess game without any comments) is a legal object of copyright? Would you be so kind to give detailed explanation of the statement.
Best wishes, Konstantin Kodinets InformSystems Inc. fax +7-095-939-10-24 [email protected] Moscow Russia
Date sent: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:11:49 +0200 From: "Copyright.Mail" [email protected] To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Information on Copyright
Dear Mr. Kodinets,
With reference to your e-mail of July 19, 2001, concerning a chess game, I inform you that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization, which administers a number of international treaties in the field of intellectual property, and may, at their request, advise governments.
WIPO has, however, no mandate to give legal advice to private persons or non-governmental bodies or entities. For advice concerning specific matters, I recommend that you consult a practicing lawyer who is specialized in intellectual property.
Nevertheless, I can inform you that according to a well-established principle, copyright protection extends only to expressions, not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts. This principle has been confirmed by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement) which is administered by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
General information on intellectual property is available on our web site at <http://www.wipo.int>.
Sincerely yours, Helga Tabuchi Assistant Legal Officer Copyright Law Division