Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
International Wushu Federation v Google LLC [2021] FCA 904 File number(s): VID 264 of 2021
Judgment of: ROFE J
Date of judgment: 4 August 2021
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for preliminary discovery pursuant to r 7.22 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – allegedly defamatory comments made online – allegations of copyright infringement – respondent did not appear – application granted
Legislation: Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002 (ACT)
Cases cited: Allphones Retail Pty Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2009) 259 ALR 354 Boyd v Automattic Inc [2019] FCA 86 Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Ltd (2015) 245 FCR 129 Dow Jones & Company Inc v Gutnick (2002) 210 CLR 575 Hooper v Kirella Pty Ltd (1999) 96 FCR 1 Kulkulka v Google LLC [2020] FCA 1229 Rana v Google Inc (2017) 254 FCR 1 Siemens Industry Software Inc v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2020] FCA 901
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Copyright and Industrial Designs
Number of paragraphs: 48
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