Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Inform Design and Construction Pty Ltd v Boutique Homes Melbourne Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 912
COPYRIGHT – copyright in project home designs – infringement – objective similarities in designs – allegations of conscious or subconscious copying – reproduction of substantial part of designs – protection of idea or expression of idea Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 14(1)(b), 31(1)(a)(i) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth),s 52 Francis Day & Hunter Ltd v Bron [1963] 1 Ch 587 cited SW Hart & Co Pty Ltd v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1985) 159 CLR 466 cited Clarendon Homes (Aust) Pty Ltd v Henley Arch Pty Ltd (1999) 46 IPR 309 cited LED Builders Pty Ltd v Eagle Homes Pty Ltd (1996) 35 IPR 215 cited Tamawood Ltd v Henley Arch Pty Ltd (2004) 61 IPR 378 cited Eagle Homes Pty Ltd v Austec Homes Pty Ltd (1999) 87 FCR 415 considered Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Carlisle Homes Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 375 cited Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd v Metricon Homes Pty Ltd (2007) 74 IPR 52 cited British Northrop Ltd v Texteam Blackburn Ltd [1974] RPC 57 cited Autodesk Inc v Dyason [No 2] (1993) 176 CLR 300 cited Dixon Investments Pty Ltd v Hall (1990) 18 IPR 490 cited Ancher, Mortlock, Murray & Woolley Pty Ltd v Hooker Homes Pty Ltd [1971] 2 NSWLR 278 cited Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football)Ltd [1964] 1 All ER 465 cited Henley Arch Pty Ltd v Clarendon Homes (Aust) Pty Ltd (1998) 41 IPR 443 cited Metricon Homes Pty Ltd v Barrett Property Group Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 46 cited Autodesk Inc v Dyason (1992) 173 CLR 330 cited Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
INFORM DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PTY LTD (ACN 058 414 592) v BOUTIQUE HOMES MELBOURNE PTY LTD (ACN 081 136 281)
VID 681 OF 2006
WEINBERG J
18 JUNE 2008
MELBOURNE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 681 OF 2006
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