Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestlé Co Ltd

Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestlé Co Ltd is a legal case from 1960 that involved copyright and the definition of a "work" in terms of originality. Nestlé was accused of copying a musical score for an advertising campaign. The court ruled that a work must have some level of originality to be protected by copyright, even if it’s subtle. In this case, the court decided that the piece produced by Nestlé was sufficiently original due to its unique arrangement, thus affirming that copyright can exist in creative works that incorporate imaginative elements, regardless of their scale.