Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ullrich Aluminium Pty Ltd v Dias Aluminium Products Pty Ltd [2006] FCAFC 119 DESIGNS – validity of registered designs – whether new or original under s 17(1)(a) of Designs Act 1906 (Cth) – whether designs differ from prior art only in immaterial details – whether designs differ from prior art only in features commonly used in the relevant trade – whether trial judge made factual errors in relation to common use in the relevant trade – whether trial judge's findings as to common use produced appealable error Designs Act 1906 (Cth) s 17(1)(a) Le May v Welch (1884) 28 Ch D 24 cited Re Clarke's Registered Design (1986) 13 RPC 351 cited Wells v Attache Case Manufacturing Co Ltd (1931) 49 RPC 113 cited Walker & Co v A G Scott (1892) 9 RPC 482 cited Lewis Falk Ltd v Jacobwitz (1944) 61 RPC 116 applied Re Household Articles Ltd's Registered Design [1998] FSR 676 applied Phillips v Harbro Rubber Company (1920) 37 RPC 233 followed Conrol Pty Ltd v Meco McCallum Pty Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 517 applied Dart Industries Inc v Decor Corporation Pty Ltd (1989) 15 IPR 403 considered Malleys Ltd v JW Tomlin Pty Ltd (1961) 180 CLR 120 applied LJ Fisher & Co Ltd v Fabtile Industries Pty Ltd (1979) 1A IPR 565 cited British Franco Electric Pty Ltd v Dowling Plastics Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 448 cited D Sebel & Co Ltd v National Art Metal Co Pty Ltd (1965) 10 FLR 224 applied Dalgety Australia Operations Ltd v FF Seeley Nominees Pty Ltd (1986) 10 FCR 403 cited Australian Building Industries Pty Ltd v Woodman McDonald (Glass) Pty Ltd (1986) 84 FLR 454 cited J Rapee & Co Pty Ltd v Kas Cushions Pty Ltd (1989) 90 ALR 288 considered Conrol Pty Ltd v Meco McCallum Pty Ltd (1997) 80 FCR 264 cited Re Wolanski's Registered Design (1953) 88 CLR 278 cited Macrae Knitting Mills Ltd v Lowes Ltd (1936) 55 CLR 725 cited Richsell Pty Ltd v Khoury (1995) 32 IPR 289 cited Aluminium Specialities Pty Ltd v Ibis Building Products Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 127 cited Re Travers Ltd's Application (1951) 68 RPC 255 cited Re Britvic Ltd's Application [1960] RPC 201 cited Phillips v Harbro Rubber Co (1919) 36 RPC 79 followed M Howe, Russell-Clarke and Howe on Industrial Designs, 7th edn, Sweet & Maxwell, 2005 ULLRICH ALUMINIUM PTY LTD v DIAS ALUMINIUM PRODUCTS PTY LTD VID 1322 OF 2005 TAMBERLIN, FINKELSTEIN AND YOUNG JJ 18 JULY 2006 MELBOURNE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
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