Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Boyapati v Rockefeller Management Corporation [2008] FCA 995
COPYRIGHT – copyright in practice exams and answers – infringement – originality – additional relief for conversion of infringing copy – additional damages – whether innocent infringement – ss 115 and 116 Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
BANKRUPTCY – whether assignment of copyright effective – vesting of property in trustee in bankruptcy
TRADE PRACTICES – sponsorship and use of logos – whether passing off – whether misleading and deceptive conduct and representations – whether knowingly concerned in or party to contravention – ss 52, 53 and 75B of Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
TRADE MARKS – whether likely to deceive or cause confusion – whether trade mark to be revoked
DEFAMATION – whether publications defamatory – truth – qualified privilege
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 52, 53, 75B Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 8, 10, 14(1b), 32, 36, 38, 115, 116, 196(1) Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 41, 60, 88 Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) 5, 58(1)(a), 116, 149(4), 153, 153A, 153B Bankruptcy Regulations 1966 (Cth) Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT) Civil Law (Wrongs) Amendment Act 2006 (ACT) Defamation Act 1974 (NSW) s 8A, s 22(1) Defamation Act 1957 (Tas) s 16 Defamation Act 1889 (Qld) s 16
Stevens v Kabushiki Kaisha Sony Computer Entertainment (2005) 224 CLR 193 referred to Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (1937) 58 CLR 479 referred to Desktop Marketing Systems Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd (2002) 119 FCR 491 referred to Acohs Pty Ltd v RA Bashford Consulting Pty Ltd (1997) 37 IPR 542 cited Interlego AG v Tyco Industries Inc [1989] AC 217 cited Desktop and Autodesk Inc v Dyason (1992) 173 CLR 330 cited Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273cited A-One Accessory Imports Pty Ltd v Off Road Imports Pty Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 306 cited Redwood Music Ltd v Chappell & Co Ltd [1982] RPC 109cited Warwick Film Productions Ltd v Eisinger [1969] 1 Ch 508cited Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577referred to Polygram Pty Ltd v Golden Editions Pty Ltd (No 2) (1997) 38 IPR 451cited Caxton Publishing Co Ltd v Sutherland Publishing Co Ltd [1939] AC 178cited Birdseye v Sheahan (2002) 196 ALR 598cited Official Receiver in Bankruptcy v Schultz (1990) 170 CLR 306 referred to Daemar v Industrial Commission of NSW (No 2) (1990) 99 ALR 789 cited Gosden v Dixon (1992) 107 ALR 329cited Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd v Cassidy (2003) 205 ALR 402referred to Hornsby Building Information Centre Pty Ltd v Sydney Building Information Centre Ltd (1978) 140 CLR 216referred to British Telecommunications PLC v One In A Million Ltd (1998) 42 IPR 289cited CSR Ltd v Resource Capital Australia Pty Ltd (2003) 128 FCR 408cited Boyapati v Rockefeller Management Corporation [2006] FCA 897cited Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575referred to Li v The Herald & Weekly Times Pty Ltd [2007] VSC 109applied Reader's Digest Services Pty Ltd v Lamb (1982) 150 CLR 500referred to Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293referred to Sim v Stretch [1936] 2 All ER 1237applied Howden v 'Truth' and 'Sportsman' Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 416referred to Toogood v Spyring (1834) 1 C M & R 181; 149 ER 1044 cited Mowlds v Fergusson (1946) 64 CLR 206 referred to
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