Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Taylor v Killer Queen, LLC (No 2) [2021] FCA 680 File number(s): NSD 1774 of 2019
Judgment of: CHEESEMAN J
Date of judgment: 25 June 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for discovery of documents – objection to production of documents on the basis of legal advice privilege and litigation privilege – Alternatively object to production of documents on the basis of statutory privilege of patent and trade mark attorney advice privilege – whether the Respondents have waived privilege by either express or implied waiver – Held : all documents save for those over which waiver has been conceded are privileged by reason of advice or litigation privilege and / or trade mark attorney advice privilege
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth), s 200 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), s 229
Cases cited: Archer Capital 4A Pty Ltd as trustee for the Archer Capital Trust 4A v Sage Group plc (No 2) [2013] FCA 1098 Cantor v Audi Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 1391 Col Crawford Pty Ltd v Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 87 Commissioner of Australian Federal Police v Propend Finance Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 3; (1997) 188 CLR 501 Commissioner of Taxation v Rio Tinto Ltd [2006] FCAFC 86; (2006) 151 FCR 341 Council of the NSW Bar Association v Archer [2008] NSWCA 164; (2008) 72 NSWLR 236 DSE (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Intertan Inc [2003] FCA 384; (2003) 127 FCR 499 Eli Lily and Company v Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals (No 2) [2004] FCA 850; (2004) 137 FCR 573 Esso Australia Resources Limited v Commissioner of Taxation [1999] HCA 67; (1999) 201 CLR 49 Ferella v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2010] FCA 766; (2010) 188 FCR 68 Grant v Downs [1976] HCA 63; (1976) 135 CLR 674 GR Capital Group Pty Ltd v Xinfeng Australia International Investment Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 266 Hastie Group Ltd (in liq) v Moore [2016] NSWCA 305 Kennedy v Wallace [2004] FCAFC 337; (2004) 142 FCR 185 Kenquist Nominees Pty Ltd v Campbell (No 5) [2018] FCA 853 Macquarie Bank Limited v Arup Pty Limited [2016] FCAFC 117 Mann v Carnell [1999] HCA 66; (1999) 201 CLR 1 New South Wales v Betfair Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 160; (2009) 180 FCR 543 Osland v Secretary to the Department of Justice [2008] HCA 37; (2008) 234 CLR 275 Wheeler v Le Marchant [1881] 17 Ch D 675
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