Norm Engineering v Digga Australia [2007] FCA 761

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Norm Engineering v Digga Australia [2007] FCA 761 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – consideration of a claim of infringement of copyright in drawings for the components of an assembled industrial bucket used with 'Bobcat' equipment – consideration of originality and authorship, subsistence of copyright, use by a respondent of a three‑dimensional article to indirectly produce drawings relied upon in manufacturing three‑dimensional articles – consideration of conscious copying - consideration of Part III, Division 8 (ss 74-77) – designs copyright overlap – consideration of reproduction of the work by application of a corresponding design to articles (pre‑17 June 2004 position) – consideration of embodiment of a corresponding design in a product (post‑17 June 2004 position) – consideration of damages pursuant to s 115(2) of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) and s 115(4) of that Act

Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 10(1), 13, 14(1), 21(3), 31(1)(b), 32, 35(6), 36(1), 74-77, 77A, 115(2), 115(4) Designs (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 (Cth), s 14 Designs Act 1906 (Cth) Designs Act 2003 (Cth)

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