Bulurru Australia v Oliver [2000] NSWSC 580

Reported Decision : [2000] 49 IPR 384 [2000] AIPC 91-574

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bulurru Australia v Oliver [2000] NSWSC 580 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4495/95 HEARING DATE(S) : 22-23 May 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 June 2000

Bulurru Australia Pty Limited (Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) PARTIES : v Dale James Oliver (Defendant/Cross Claimant) JUDGMENT OF : Davies AJ

COUNSEL : P/XD: Mr R W V Gray, Ms S D Ocampo D/XC: Mr C Evatt, Mr M K Rollinson SOLICITORS : P/XD: Denes Ebner D/XC: Friend & Hazard CATCHWORDS : Copyright - Aboriginal designs - whether reproduced - whether claim precluded by the principles of Res Judicata and issue estoppel. LEGISLATION CITED : Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 14, 31, 36 King Features Syndicate Incorp v O and M Kleeman Ltd [1941] AC 417 Ladbroke (Football) Ltd v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273 Dixon Investments Pty Ltd v Hall (1990) 18 IPR 490 Collier Constructions Pty Ltd v Foskett Pty Ltd (1991) 20 IPR 666 S W Hart & Co Pty Ltd v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1985) 159 CLR 466 Walt Disney Productions v H John Edwards Publishing Co Pty Ltd (1954) 55 SR(NSW) 162 CASES CITED : Eagle Homes Pty Ltd v Austec Homes Pty Ltd (1999) 43 IPR 1 University of London Press Ltd v University Tutorial Press Ltd [1916] 2 Ch 601; 1B IPR 186 In re South American and Mexican Co; Ex parte Bank of England [1895] 1 Ch 37 Chamberlain v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 164 CLR 502 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Turner v London Transport [1977] ICR 952 Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100; 67 ER 313 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 DECISION : See paragraph 46.