Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Key Logic Pty Ltd v Blue Groper Investments Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 63 File number(s): QUD 605 of 2016
Judge(s): DERRINGTON J
Date of judgment: 7 February 2019
Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – misleading and deceptive conduct – form of comparative advertising – misleading statements about competitor's product – injunctions, declarations and corrective action ordered COPYRIGHT – unauthorised use of photographs in comparative advertising – photographs given by one respondent to another for such use – personal liability of company directors for breach by company – authorisation of infringement by one respondent of another
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2, Australian Consumer Law ss 18, 29(1)(a), 29(1)(g), 232, 247 Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 36, 36(1A), 115(2), 115(3) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 21, 37M, 37N
Cases cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Australasian Performing Right Association Ltd v Tolbush Pty Ltd [1986] 2 Qd R 146 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v GO Drew Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1246 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Online Dealz Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 732 Bailey v Broadsword Marine Contractors Pty Ltd (2017) 353 ALR 45 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Comité Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne v Powell (2015) 330 ALR 67 Flexopack SA Plastics Industry v Flexopack Australia Pty Ltd (2016) 118 IPR 239 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Insight Radiology Pty Ltd v Insight Clinical Imaging Pty Ltd (2016) 122 IPR 232 Keller v LED Technologies Pty Ltd (2010) 185 FCR 449 RAIA Insurance Brokers Ltd v FAI General Insurance Co Ltd (1993) 41 FCR 164 REA Group Ltd v Fairfax Media Ltd [2017] FCA 91 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (2012) 248 CLR 42 Stefanovski v Digital Central Australia (Assets) Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 31 Truong Giang Corp v Quach (2015) 114 IPR 498 University of New South Wales v Moorhouse (1975) 133 CLR 1
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