On 13 July, 2005, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the British Horseracing Board v William Hill case. The Court came down strongly in favour of William Hill by finding that its use of horseracing information taken from the British Horseracing Board’s database did not amount to database right infringement under the European Union Database Directive. Some doubts remain, however, about the wider applicability of the Court’s judgment.
In March 2000, the British Horseracing Board (BHB), the governing body of the British horseracing industry, brought proceedings against William Hill in the High Court alleging infringement of its database rights.
