Kilthistle No. 6 Pty Ltd v Austwide Homes Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1073

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Kilthistle No. 6 Pty Ltd v Austwide Homes Pty Ltd 1999 [FCA] 1073 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for separate determination of questions – copyright – proposed question whether certain works original or copied from other works – proposed question as to availability of defence under Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 77 – whether need for detailed factual investigations avoided – whether appropriate to separate trial of subjective and objective aspects of reproduction – whether same witnesses required to give evidence on separate question and trial of remaining issues – possible impact of appeals WORDS AND PHRASES – "articles" Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 77 Copyright Regulations reg 17 Designs Regulations reg 11 Federal Court Rules O 29 r 2 Francis Day & Hunter Ltd v Bron [1963] Ch 587 cited S W Hart & Co Pty Ltd v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1985) 159 CLR 466 cited Eagle Homes Pty Ltd v Austec Homes Pty Ltd (1999) 43 IPR 1 referred to Reading Australia Pty Ltd v Australian Mutual Provident Society [1999] FCA 718 cited LED Builders Pty Ltd v Eagle Homes Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 584 cited

KILTHISTLE NO. 6 PTY LIMITED, AMMRAD PTY LTD t/as LLOYDS TRANSPORTABLE HOMES, BETTERLOOK HOMES PTY LTD, KILTHISTLE NO. 4 PTY LIMITED, LESLIE EDWARD MOUAT and WAYNE DONALD WALGERS v AUSTWIDE HOMES PTY LIMITED, LENCOE PTY LIMITED, MICHAEL STANLEY NEASON, JOHN AUSTIN FLEMING, PHILLIP MALCOLM ANDREA, BRADLEY JOHN WILSON, STEPHEN JAMES FILEWOOD, KERRY DAVID PASCOE, JAMES DAVID PASCOE, DIANNE MARGARET PASCOE, AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES COMMISSION, A.V. WEHL INDUSTRIES LIMITED, and AUSTRALIAN BUILDING MATERIALS LTD

NG 9 OF 1996

LEHANE J

9 AUGUST 1999

SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 9 OF 1996

BETWEEN: KILTHISTLE NO. 6 PTY LIMITED

(ACN 007 654 597)