Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ron Englehart Pty Ltd v Enterprise Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 820 Citation: Ron Englehart Pty Ltd v Enterprise Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 820
Parties: RON ENGLEHART PTY LTD (ACN 005 657 554) v ENTERPRISE CONSTRUCTIONS (AUST.) PTY LTD (ACN 067 405 896) and SAFAK ARLEN DERVISH
File number: VID 537 of 2009
Judge: JESSUP J
Date of judgment: 12 August 2010
Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Copyright – Infringement – Whether respondents' plans and display house substantially reproduced applicant's plans and display house – Whether similarities between houses and plans justified inference that respondents had access to applicant's display house and plan and had substantially reproduced them
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 134
Cases cited: SW Hart & Co Pty Ltd v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1985) 159 CLR 466 Francis Day & Hunter Ltd v Bron [1963] Ch 587
Date of hearing: 12-16 April and 27 May 2010
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 73
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr C Golvan SC and Dr S Ricketson
Solicitor for the Applicant: Middletons
Counsel for the Respondents: Mr Cawthorn SC and Mr Madder
Solicitor for the Respondents: Coolabah Law Chambers
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY
GENERAL DIVISION VID 537 of 2009
BETWEEN: RON ENGLEHART PTY LTD (ACN 005 657 554)
Applicant
AND: ENTERPRISE CONSTRUCTIONS (AUST.) PTY LTD
(ACN 067 405 896)
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