Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Cortis Exhaust Systems Pty Ltd v Kitten Software Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1189 CONTRACT –deed of assignment for the assignment of some assets of a business – whether deed breached – restraint of trade provision – where restriction on the "development" of software products – whether applicants have engaged in unconscionable conduct COPYRIGHT – whether applicant's copyright in software manual and logo infringed – where work is "trivial" TRADE PRACTICES – whether respondents have engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct WORDS AND PHRASES – "public edition copyright" Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52 Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 88 Restraints of Trade Act 1976 (NSW) s 4 Judiciary Act (1903) (Cth) s 79
Nationwide News Limited v Copyright Agency Limited (1996) 65 FCR 399 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 at 415 Commercial Bank of Australia Limited v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Louth v Diprose (1992) 175 CLR 621 C G Berbatis Holdings Pty Ltd v ACCC [2001] FCA 757 Trego v Hunt [1896] AC 7 Commissioner of Taxation v Murry (1998) 193 CLR 605 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v Carlton & United Breweries Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 468 Australian Securities and Investment Commission v Edensor Nominees Pty Ltd (2001) 177 ALR 329 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Copyright Agency Limited (1996) 65 FCR 399 The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 E & Skone James et al, Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, 1991, 13th ed CORTIS EXHAUST SYSTEMS PTY LIMITED v KITTEN SOFTWARE PTY LIMITED, JOHN MILSON and IRENE COOK NG 639 OF 1998 TAMBERLIN J SYDNEY 28 AUGUST 2001
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 639 OF 1998
BETWEEN: CORTIS EXHAUST SYSTEMS PTY LIMITED
(ACN 003 923 911)
APPLICANT
AND: KITTEN SOFTWARE PTY LIMITED
(ACN 052 040 247)
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