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Internet Industry Association refused leave to participate in the iiNet copyright case

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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December 10 2009

The Internet Industry Association ("the IIA") was recently unsuccessful in its application to participate in the copyright infringement case brought against internet service provider iiNet by Roadshow Films and various other members of the film industry

Channel Nine’s copyright case against IceTV goes to water

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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July 24 2009

In a landmark decision on Australian copyright law, the High Court recently overturned a decision of the Full Federal Court and unanimously held that IceTV had not infringed the Nine Network’s copyright in its television schedules

Life after IceTV: the Federal Court revisits copyright in compilations

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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February 23 2010

In the wake of the IceTV copyright decision handed down by the High Court last year, a Federal Court judge has considered the copyright in Telstra's White Pages and Yellow Pages telephone directories

Verse 1 wine hits wrong note by breaching Jane Rutter's copyright

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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August 7 2009

Australian flautist Jane Rutter recently won a copyright infringement case against a Western Australian winery, Brookland Valley Estate

High Court sends warning about "eleventh-hour" amendments in litigation

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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August 7 2009

In an important decision relating to the conduct of commercial litigation, the High Court has distinguished the long-standing decision of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd that is often relied on when parties in litigation seek to make "eleventh-hour" changes to their case

Kookaburra and iiNet copyright decisions to be appealed

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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March 1 2010

Two recent Federal Court decisions on copyright law, which were both handed down on 4 February 2010, will be appealed to the Full Federal Court

Roadshow Films appeals iiNet copyright decision to the High Court

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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March 28 2011

Following on from last month's loss in the Full Federal Court against Australian internet service provider iiNet, Roadshow Films and other members of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) have applied for special leave to appeal the copyright decision to the High Court

Australian government enhances alternative dispute resolution for patent disputes but rejects calls for a patent tribunal

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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June 21 2011

The Australian Government's recent response (PDF) to recommendations made last year by the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), has reignited a long-running debate on the effectiveness of the Australian patent system in enforcing patent owners' rights, post-grant

Delays cost Aventis interlocutory injunctions in patent infringment fight over anti-cancer drug

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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April 6 2011

In a salient warning to patentees about the dangers of delaying the enforcement of their patent rights, Justice Jagot of the Federal Court of Australia recently refused an application by Aventis for interlocutory injunctions against two generic pharmaceutical companies, Interpharma and Hospira, in relation to their proposed sale of dosage forms of docetaxel, an anti-cancer drug used for treatment of various forms of cancer including breast and prostate cancer

Roadshow v iiNet: landmark copyright infringement authorisation case set for High Court

Davies Collison Cave
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Australia
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September 8 2011

The Australian High Court has granted special leave to Roadshow Films and other members of the Australian Federation against Copyright Theft (AFACT) to appeal the decision of the Full Federal Court handed down in February this year, in the long-running copyright dispute with Australian internet service provider iiNet

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