Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
E D Oates Pty Ltd v Edgar Edmondson Imports [2012] FCA 356 Citation: E D Oates Pty Ltd v Edgar Edmondson Imports [2012] FCA 356
Parties: E D OATES PTY LTD (ACN 004 329 462) v EDGAR EDMONDSON IMPORTS PTY LTD (ACN 002 921 888)
File number: VID 721 of 2011
Judge: KENNY J
Date of judgment: 5 April 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Preliminary discovery – to ascertain whether right to obtain relief – possible action for design infringement and associated actions – competitors in mop bucket market – applicant's product the subject of registered design – whether reasonable cause to believe right to relief – obvious imitation – fraudulent imitation – whether all reasonable enquiries made – whether insufficient information to make a decision about commencing proceedings– whether reasonable cause to believe that respondent have relevant documents – criteria for preliminary discovery satisfied – costs considered
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) Designs Act 1906 (Cth) Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
Cases cited: Rosebank Plastics Pty Ltd v Duncan & Wigley Pty Ltd (1988) 11 IPR 413 St George Bank Ltd v Rabo Australia Ltd (2004) 211 ALR 147 Echo Tasmania Pty Ltd v Imperial Chemical Industries PLC [2008] FCAFC 58 Apache Northwest Pty Ltd v Newcrest Mining Ltd (2009) 182 FCR 124 Henley Arch Pty Ltd v McDonald Jones Homes Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 687 East Grace Corporation v Xing (No 2) [2005] FCA 1266 Guy Carpenter & Company Pty Ltd v Grove [2011] FCA 708 Austrack Operations Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v State of New South Wales [2003] FCA 1013 Glencore International AG v Selwyn Mines Ltd (2005) 223 ALR 238 Technicon Industries Pty Ltd v Caroma Industries Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 465 Malleys Ltd v J.W. Tomlin Pty Ltd (1961) 180 CLR 120 Polyaire Pty Ltd v K-Aire Pty Ltd (2005) 221 CLR 287 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Pty Ltd v Avion Engineering Pty Ltd (1991) 22 IPR 1 Lewis v Hall (2005) 68 IPR 89 Turbo Tek Enterprises Inc v Sperling Enterprises Pty Ltd (1989) 23 FCR 331 Wanem Pty Ltd v John Tekila (1990) 19 IPR 435 D Sebel & Co Ltd v National Art Metal Co Pty Ltd (1965) 10 FLR 224 C7 Pty Ltd v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1864 Anglo Coal (Dawson) Management Pty Ltd v Greig [2011] FCA 941 Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd (2008) 249 ALR 495 Lynx Engineering Consultants Pty Ltd v The ANI Corporation Limited [2007] FCA 578 Quanta Software International Pty Ltd v Computer Management Services Pty Ltd (2000) 49 IPR 25 Wundowie Foundry Pty Ltd v Milson Foundry Pty Ltd (1993) 27 IPR 202 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262
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