JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Ltd & Anor v Cummings & Ors [2014] NSWSC 1700

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Ltd & Anor v Cummings & Ors [2014] NSWSC 1700 Hearing dates: 22 October 2014 Decision date: 01 December 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Black J Decision: Parties directed to provide agreed orders to Associate to Black J by 4pm on 8 December 2014 and, if there is any disagreement between them, their respective draft orders and short submissions as to the differences between them. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - judgments and orders - disputed issues remaining before orders can be made to give effect to primary judgment in proceedings - declaratory and injunctive relief - discretionary considerations - whether declarations sought have sufficient practical utility - whether declarations would quell present controversy despite potentially leaving some further issues unresolved - whether declarations sought are merely prefatory to order for damages - whether court should grant injunctive relief sought by cross-claimants - orders for disclosure - whether court should grant disclosure of relevant information to cross-claimants to facilitate election between alternative remedies - whether disclosure of third party information should be granted on Norwich Pharmacal basis - whether inquiry into damages should be made - whether third cross-defendant should be ordered to deliver up embodiment of relevant software in its possession. Legislation Cited: - Australian Consumer Law s 236 - Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1887 Art 2 - Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 115(2), 196, 196(2)(b), 196(4) - Copyright Act 1994 (NZ) - Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 66, 75 - Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (Cth) - WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996 Cases Cited: - Attorney-General (NSW); Ex rel Corporate Affairs v Australian Softwood Forest Pty Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 73 - Bondi Beach Astra Retirement Village Pty Ltd v Hohman [2010] NSWSC 260 - Breen v Williams [1996] HCA 57; (1996) 186 CLR 71 - Cypjayne Pty Ltd v Rodskog [2009] NSWSC 301 - Computershare Ltd v Perpetual Registrars Ltd [2000] VSC 139; (2000) 1 VR 626 - E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCAFC 47 - Forty Two International Pty Ltd v Barnes (No 2) [2011] FCA 210 - Hooper v Kirella Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1584; (1999) 96 FCR 1 - Integrated Lighting & Ceilings Pty Ltd v Philips Electrical Pty Ltd (1969) 90 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 693 - Irawan v AWB Ltd [2001] VSC 374 - McCausland v Surfing Hardware International Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 163 - Neeta (Epping) Pty Ltd v Phillips [1974] HCA 18; (1974) 131 CLR 286 - Nokia Corporation v Truong [2005] FCA 1141; (2005) 66 IPR 511 - Norwich Pharmacal Co v Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1974] AC 133. - Painaway Australia Pty Ltd v JAKL Group Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 205; (2011) 249 FLR 1 - QS Holdings Sarl v Paul's Retail Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 1038 - Redland Bricks Ltd v Morris [1970] AC 652 - Smith Kline & French Laboratories Ltd v Global Pharmaceutics Ltd [1986] RPC 394 - Trans Realties Pty Ltd v Grbac [1975] 1 NSWLR 170 Texts Cited: - RP Meagher, JD Heydon and MJ Leeming, Meagher Gummow & Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies, (4th ed 2002, Butterworths LexisNexis) - PW Young, Declaratory Orders, (2nd ed 1984, Butterworths) - PW Young, C Croft and ML Smith, On Equity, (2009, Lawbook Co) Category: Consequential orders Parties: JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) Hayes Steel Framing Systems Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross-Defendant) Robert Cummings (First Defendant) Tanmari Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Second Cross-Claimant) FrameCAD IP Ltd (Third Defendant/First Cross-Claimant) Steel Framing Systems International Pty Ltd (Third Cross-Defendant) Gianni Pacione (otherwise known as John Pacione) (Fourth Cross-Defendant) FrameCAD Ltd (Fifth Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: T Catanzariti (Plaintiffs/First to Fourth Cross-Defendants) S J Goddard SC/S L Ross (Defendants/Cross-Claimants) Solicitors: Simone Legal (Plaintiffs/First to Fourth Cross-Defendants) Sparke Helmore (Defendants/Cross-Claimants) File Number(s): 2012/282948