Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Pacific Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bernen Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1372 Citation: Pacific Enterprises (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bernen Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1372
Parties: PACIFIC ENTERPRISES (AUST) PTY LTD and PACIFIC HOLDINGS (AUST) PTY LTD (ACN 146 091 152) v BERNEN PTY LTD and MR QI (ROBERT) LI
File number: VID 188 of 2014
Judge: PAGONE J
Date of judgment: 16 December 2014
Catchwords: PATENTS – claim for damages for infringement of patent – claim for additional damages for flagrant conduct – whether director of infringing company personally liable for infringing conduct – where failure to appear by respondents.
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 10.31(b) Patents Act 1990 (Cth), ss 13(1), 122(1A)
Cases cited: Bitech Engineering v Garth Living Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 822 Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd [1983] FSR 512 General Tire & Rubber Co v Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co Ltd [1976] RPC 197 Gerber Garment Technology Inc v Lectra Systems Ltd [1997] RPC 443 Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH v MDS Diagnostics Pty Ltd (2010) 85 IPR 525 Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd (1998) 42 IPR 111 LJ Fisher & Co Ltd v Fabtile Industries Pty Ltd (1978) 1A IPR 565 Pearce v Paul Kingston Pty Ltd (1992) 25 IPR 591 Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v Eurocell Building Plastics Ltd [2006] EWHC 1344 (Pat) Zetco Pty Ltd v Austworld Commodities Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 848
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