Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
EdSonic Pty Ltd v Cassidy [2010] FCA 1008
Citation: EdSonic Pty Ltd v Cassidy [2010] FCA 1008
Parties: EDSONIC PTY LTD (ACN 094 797 010) v BARBARA CASSIDY; BARBARA CASSIDY; EDSONIC PTY LTD (ACN 094 797 010), EDSONIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 101 545 206) and ROBIN LICK
File number: NSD 517 of 2009
Judge: MOORE J
Date of judgment: 17 September 2010
Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – ownership of copyright – whether author was an employee – whether work made during period of employment – whether work made "in pursuance of the terms of… her employment"
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
Cases cited: Antocks Lairn Ltd v I Bloohn Ltd [1972] RPC 219 Australian Air Express Pty Ltd v Langford (2005) 147 IR 240 Erica Vale Australia Pty Ltd v Thompson & Morgan (Ipswich) Ltd (1994) 29 IPR 589 Lee v Lee's Air Farming Ltd [1961] A.C. 12 Redrock Holdings Pty Ltd v Hinkley (2001) 50 IPR 565 Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2010] FCAFC 52 Stephenson Jordan & Harrison Ltd. v MacDonald & Evans (1952) 69 RPC 10 Victoria University of Technology v Wilson (2004) 60 IPR 392 University of Western Australia v Gray (2009) 259 ALR 224
Date of hearing: 21, 22 & 23 June 2010
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