Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd & Anor v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd & Ors [1995] FCA 236

CATCHWORDS

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - Patents - authorising and procuring infringement - ring clutches with lever-arm and remote release for use in face-lift tilt-up concrete operations - whether supply of components together with illustration of use in a manner which would infringe the patent constitutes "authorising or procuring" an infringement - authorisation of infringement - meaning of "authorise". INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - Patents - combination patents - supply and sale of components - common design necessary to constitute procuring or inducing infringement use together with supply of some components not sufficient for necessary common design. TRADE PRACTICES - misleading and deceptive conduct - silence in not informing customers that use would infringe - when silence constitutes misleading and deceptive conduct. DAMAGES - s82 Trade Practices Act - causation - supply of components and accessories - necessity of showing damage caused by breach - damage not shown. Patents Act 1952 (Cth): s69 Patents Act 1990 (Cth): ss13(1), 117, 230, 233 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth): ss52, 86 Windsuring International Inc v Pettit [1984] 2 NSWLR 196; distinguished. WEA International Inc v Hanimex Corporation (1987) 17 FCR 274; discussed. Rescare Ltd v Anaesthetic Supplies Pty Ltd (1992) 25 IPR 119; discussed. Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky (1992) 39 FCR 31; discussed. Winterton Constructions Pty Ltd v Hambros Australia Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 97; dicussed. Typing Centre of NSW Pty Ltd v Northern Business College Ltd (1989) 13 IPR 627; discussed. Enzed Holdings Ltd v Wynthea Pty Ltd (1984) 57 ALR 167; discussed.

ADVANCED BUILDING SYSTEMS PTY LTD & ANOR v RAMSET FASTENERS (AUST) PTY LTD & ORS

No NG 717 of 1990 CORAM: HILL J PLACE: SYDNEY DATED: 13 APRIL 1995

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No NG 717 of 1990 ) GENERAL DIVISION )