Uniline Australia Ltd ACN 010 752 057 v SBriggs Pty Ltd ACN 007 415 518 (No. 2) [2009] FCA 920

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Uniline Australia Ltd ACN 010 752 057 v SBriggs Pty Ltd ACN 007 415 518 (No. 2) [2009] FCA 920

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – consideration of the disposition of costs in a proceeding which involved success by the applicant in a claim to relief based upon unjustified threats of patent infringement and infringement of a registered design, a cross‑claim by the intellectual property owner for relief based upon infringement and a further cross‑claim by the applicant asserting invalidity of the patent on a number of grounds – consideration of an offer to compromise – consideration of Order 23, rule 11 of the Federal Court Rules and the principles guiding the exercise of discretion in the disposition of costs as to either the claims or issues within the claims PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - consideration of an offer to compromise – consideration of Order 23, rule 11 of the Federal Court Rules and the principles guiding the exercise of discretion in the disposition of costs as to either the claims or issues within the claims – consideration of whether an offer to compromise which foregoes a claim to a recovery of costs incurred to the date of the offer is a genuine offer of compromise

Federal Court Rules, Order 23, rule 11 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), ss 43 and 59

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