Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Global Gaming Supplies Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1495
COPYRIGHT – copyright infringement in gaming machines parts and components – infringement inferred from circumstantial evidence – burden of proof – authorisation of copyright infringement – joint liability – claim in conversion for resale of components acquired from scrap dealer fails – scrap dealer not a bailee of the goods – infringement of copyright established – damages and additional damages ordered. Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 36, 38, 115 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), ss 135, 136, 140 Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW), s 23 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v DAP Services (Kempsey) Pty Ltd (2007) 157 FCR 564 referred to Associated Midland Corporation Ltd v Bank of New South Wales [1983] 1 NSWLR 533 referred to Australasian Performing Right Association Limited v Jain (1990) 26 FCR 53 referred to Beck v Montana Constructions Pty Ltd (1963) 5 FLR 298 distinguished Bradshaw v McEwans Pty Ltd (1951) 217 ALR 1 referred to Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] 60 CLR 336 referred to CBS Inc v Ames Records & Tapes Ltd [1982] Ch 91 referred to CBS Songs Ltd v Amstrad Consumer Electronics PLC [1988] AC 1013 distinguished Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2007) 162 FCR 466 referred to Concrete Pty Limited v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd (2006) 229 CLR 577 distinguished Cooper v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (2006) 156 FCR 380 referred to Designers Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd [2001] All ER 700 referred to Foxtel Management Pty Ltd v The Mod Shop Pty Ltd (2008) 165 FCR 149 referred to Gauci v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia(1975) 135 CLR 81 referred to Harding v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [1977] 1 NZLR 337 referred to Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 referred to The Koursk [1924] P 140 referred to Luxton v Vines (1952) 85 CLR 352 referred to Morris v C. W. Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 referred to Motor Mart Limited v Webb [1958] NZLR 773 referred to Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 110 ALR 449 referred to Nguyen v Cosmopolitan Homes [2008] NSWCA 246 referred to Palmer v Dolman [2005] NSWCA 361 referred to Papakosmas v the Queen (1999) 196 CLR 297 referred to Penfolds Wines Proprietary Limited v Elliott (1946) 74 CLR 204 referred to Qantas Airways Ltd v Gama (2008) 167 FCR 537 referred to Raben Footwear Pty Ltd v Polygram Records Inc (1997) 75 FCR 88 referred to Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 referred to Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 referred to Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Limited (2000) 200 CLR 121 applied Seltsam Pty Ltd v McGuiness (2000) 49 NSWLR 262 referred to Sony Computer Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd v Stirling [2001] FCA 1852 referred to S.W. Hart & Co Proprietary Limited v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1985) 159 CLR 466 applied Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Limited (1996) 186 CLR 574 referred to The Trustees of the Property of Cummins v Cummins (2006) 227 CLR 278 referred to Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Cooper (2005) 150 FCR 1 referred to Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd v Sharman License Holdings Ltd (2005) 220 ALR 1 referred to University of New South Wales v Moorhouse (1975) 133 CLR 1 referred to WEA International Inc v Hanimex Corporation Limited (1987) 17 FCR 274 referred to J.D. Heydon, Cross on Evidence (7th Aust ed, 2004) S. Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law (8th ed, 2009) N. Palmer, Bailment (2nd ed, 1991) F.A. Trindade, P. Cane & M. Lunney, The Law of Torts in Australia (4th ed, 2007) ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (ACN 001 660 715), ARISTOCRAT INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 148 158) and ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES INC v GLOBAL GAMING SUPPLIES PTY LTD (ACN 008 548 589), ANTHONY EDWARD ANDREWS, IMPACT GAMING PTY LTD (ACN 109 299 461), TONITA ENTERPRISE PTY LTD (ACN 120 737 402), FRANCIS GEORGE BERNARD CRAGEN and RIAD ALLAM
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