NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2000] 50 IPR 74
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Forkserve Pty Ltd v Pacchiarotta [2000] NSWSC 979 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2338/1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 and 5 October 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 October 2000
Forkserve Pty Limited (P) PARTIES : Luigi Pacchiarotta (D1) Steven Pacchiarotta (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Young J
COUNSEL : J T Johnson (P) P Beale and R C Pontello (D) SOLICITORS : English Kearns (P) McGrath Dicembre & Co (D) CATCHWORDS : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [112]- Confidential information- What constitutes- Identity of customers- How far ex employee may use knowledge. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law, s 232(5) & (6) (as in force in 1998 - see now ss 182-184) Re City Equitable Fire Insurance Company Ltd [1925] Ch 407 Faccenda Chicken v Fowler [1984] ICR 589 Health Services for Men Pty Ltd v D'Souza (2000) 48 NSWLR 448 Kone Elevators Pty Ltd v McNay (1997) 19 ATPR 41-563 CASES CITED : Ormonoid Roofing & Asphalts Ltd v Bitumenoids Ltd (1930) 31 SR (NSW) 347 Peninsular Real Estate Ltd v Harris [1992] NZLR 216 Robb v Green [1895] 2 QB 315 Rosetex Company Pty Ltd v Licata (1994) 12 ACSR 779 Weldon & Co v Harbinson [2000] NSWSC 272 Wright v Gasweld Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 317 DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs including reserved costs.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
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