Tamawood Limited v Henley Arch Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 78

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tamawood Limited v Henley Arch Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 78 COPYRIGHT – copyright in plans and drawings of project home and in home built in conformity with them – infringement – "substantial part" – meaning – quality rather than quantity – nature of quality which makes something a "substantial part" of copyright work in suit – alleged infringer intending to copy but to incorporate differences so that market would not associate the two plans – whether plans, viewed objectively, so similar that one reproduced the other or a substantial part of the other – role of appellate court in relation to primary judge's finding of striking similarity.

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