Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Limited v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd trading as Database Consultants Australia (No 3) [2020] FCA 471 File number: NSD 200 of 2019
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 7 April 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to set aside a subpoena - whether subpoena impermissible attempt to seek preliminary discovery from a non-party
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 40(2)(a), 138(3)(a) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 24.15(1)
Cases cited: Bailey v Beagle Management Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 60; 105 FCR 136 Wong v Sklavos [2014] FCAFC 120; 319 ALR 378
Date of hearing: 7 April 2020
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Patents and associated Statutes
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 16
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr C Burgess and Ms J Ambikapathy
Solicitor for the Applicant: Johnson Winter & Slattery
Counsel for the First Respondent: Ms C Cunliffe
Solicitor for the First Respondent: Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
ORDERS NSD 200 of 2019
BETWEEN: VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEMS PTY LIMITED ACN 107 396 136 Applicant
AND: SARB MANAGEMENT GROUP PTY LTD (T/AS DATABASE CONSULTANTS AUSTRALIA) ACN 106 549 722 First Respondent
CITY OF MELBOURNE Second Respondent
AND BETWEEN: SARB MANAGEMENT GROUP PTY LTD (T/AS DATABASE CONSULTANTS AUSTRALIA) ACN 106 549 722 Cross-Claimant
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