Federal Court of Australia
COPYRIGHT TRIBUNAL OF AUSTRALIA
Pocketful of Tunes Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia [2015] ACopyT 1 Citation: Pocketful of Tunes Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia [2015] ACopyT 1
Parties: POCKETFUL OF TUNES PTY LTD (ACN 005 750 185) and BRUCE WILLIAM WOODLEY v THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
File number: CT 2 of 2013
Tribunal: BENNETT J (PRESIDENT)
Date of judgment: 3 March 2015
Catchwords: COPYRIGHT – remuneration – Commonwealth use of synchronisation right – terms appropriate to compensate the applicants COPYRIGHT – assignment of copyright – deeds of assignment – synchronisation right – right of action for infringement of that right is an incident of ownership – right to claim compensation under s 183(5) of the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
Legislation: Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 10, 119, 183, 196
Cases cited: Copyright Agency Limited v State of New South Wales [2013] ACopyT 1 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton; Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Bassat; Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Cunningham's Warehouse Sales Pty Ltd [2012] HCA 7 Insight SRC IP Holdings v The Australian Council for Educational Research (2012) 96 IPR 495 Insight SRC IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd [2013] FCAFC 62 Marine Engineering and Generator Services Pty Ltd v State of Queensland (Queensland Emergency Services) (1997) 38 IPR 422 Poulton v The Commonwealth (1953) 89 CLR 540 Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse [1982] AC 679 Re Application by Seven Dimensions Pty Ltd (1996) 35 IPR 1
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