Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Austshade Pty Ltd v Boss Shade Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 287 File number: QUD 189 of 2012
Judge: DOWSETT J
Date of judgment: 23 March 2016
Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – where licence to sell goods subject of patent and registered design was terminated – enforceability of registered design PATENTS – patent exhaustion – restrictive conditions on license to deal with patented property – purchasers title to patented chattels – purchasers knowledge of restrictive conditions on patented property – infringement – sham transaction – patent infringement –modification of infringing product – COPYRIGHT – copyright in photographs published online – whether photographs published online infringe copyright
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 37, s 38 Designs Act 2003 (Cth) s 10, s 73 Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 13, 117, s 120(1A) Patents Act 1952 (Cth) Sale of Goods Act 1896 (Qld) s 19, s 20, s 21
Cases cited: Betts v Willmott (1871) LR 6 Ch 239 Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd v Gambro Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 230 Interstate Parcel Express Co Pty Ltd v Time-Life International (Nederlands) BV (1977) 138 CLR 534 National Phonograph Co of Australia Ltd v Menck (1911) 12 CLR 15 Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516 Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 596
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