Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
IPC Global Pty Ltd v Pavetest Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 82 File number: NSD 1203 of 2015
Judge: MOSHINSKY J
Date of judgment: 10 February 2017
Catchwords: COPYRIGHT – infringement – literary work – computer program – software for materials testing equipment – where executives of applicant resigned and established rival company – where one of the executives retained copy of applicant's source code – where executive copied that source code onto computer provided to rival company's computer programmer – where programmer copied source code from system library of applicant's software – where source code related to message format and data structures – whether respondent infringed copyright in applicant's software – whether respondent's software reproduced a substantial part of the applicant's software INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – confidential information – computer program – software for materials testing equipment – where executive of applicant received copy of source code – where executive resigned and provided applicant's source code to programmer of rival company – where programmer referred to and copied applicant's source code in course of writing software – whether applicant's source code was confidential – whether source code received by executive in circumstances imparting obligation of confidence – whether 'springboard' benefit gained
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 10, 14, 22, 29, 31, 32, 36, 115
Cases cited: Australian Medic-Care Company Ltd v Hamilton Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd (2009) 261 ALR 501 CA Inc v ISI Pty Ltd (2012) 95 IPR 424; [2012] FCA 35 Coco v AN Clark (Engineers) Ltd [1969] RPC 41 Del Casale v Artedomus (Aust) Pty Ltd (2007) 165 IR 148; [2007] NSWCA 172 IceTV Pty Ltd v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd (2009) 239 CLR 458 IPC Global Pty Ltd v Pavetest Pty Ltd (No 2) [2016] FCA 1332 JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Ltd v Cummings (2016) 329 ALR 625 Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd v Koudstaal (No 3) (2014) 245 IR 422; [2014] FCA 1129 Nexus Adhesives Pty Ltd v RLA Polymers Pty Ltd (2012) 97 IPR 160; [2012] FCAFC 135 O'Brien v Komesaroff (1982) 150 CLR 310 Optus Networks Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd (2010) 265 ALR 281 RLA Polymners Pty Ltd v Nexus Adhesives Pty Ltd (2011) 280 ALR 125 Smith Kline & French Laboratories (Auft) Ltd v Secretary, Dept of Community Services and Health (1990) 22 FCR 73 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 Zomojo Pty Ltd v Hurd (No 2) (2012) 299 ALR 261
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