Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Milwell Pty Ltd v Olympic Amusements Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 63 COPYRIGHT – infringement – prize scales for poker video games – whether each prize scale an "original literary work" – whether each prize scale a "work of joint authorship" – whether infringement innocent within Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 115(3) – where respondent denied infringement and no evidence exists as to respondent's state of mind – whether s 115(3) applies where respondent believes that copyright could not subsist in a particular form of work
Copyright Act 1956 (UK) Copyright Act 1912 (Cth) Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 10, 32, 35, 78, 115(3) Smith's Newspapers Ltd v The Labor Daily (1925) 25 SR (NSW) 593 discussed Hollinrake v Truswell [1894] 3 Ch 420 discussed Francis Day v Twentieth Century Fox Corporation Limited & Ors [1940] AC 112 discussed Exxon Corporation v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd [1982] Ch 119 applied Computer Edge Pty Ltd v Apple Computer Inc (1986) 161 CLR 171 cited University of London Press Ltd v University Tutorial Press Ltd [1916] 2 Ch 601 cited Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (1937) 58 CLR 479 cited Interlego A.G. v Croner Trading Pty Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 348 cited Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273 discussed A-One Accessory Imports Pty Ltd v Off Road Imports Pty Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 306 cited Skybase Nominees Pty Ltd v Fortuity Pty Ltd (1996) 36 IPR 529 cited Cala Homes (South) Limited v Alfred McAlpine Homes East Limited cited Pollock v J C Williamson Ltd [1923] VLR 225 applied Finn v Pugliese (1918) 18 SR (NSW) 530 cited Golden Editions Pty Ltd v Polygram Pty Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 84 discussed Byrne v Statist Co [1914] 1 KB 622 cited John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd v Associated Newspapers Ltd [1936] 1 KB 715 cited Z S Projects Pty Ltd v G & R Investments Pty Ltd (1987) 8 IPR 460 referred to Kalamazoo (Aust) Pty Ltd v Compact Business Systems Pty Ltd (1985) 5 IPR 213 discussed MILWELL PTY LIMITED v OLYMPIC AMUSEMENTS PTY LIMITED NG 585 OF 1998 LEE, VON DOUSSA AND HEEREY JJ SYDNEY 16 FEBRUARY 1999
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