Davies Collison Cave | Australia | 24 Feb 2012
The Federal Court of Australia has recently determined that a simulcast is a "broadcast" within the meaning of the term in the Copyright Act, and as such, falls within the scope of non-exclusive broadcasting licences issued to Australian commercial radio stations by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia ("PPCA").
Davies Collison Cave | Australia | 30 Nov 2011
In the first decision to substantively examine recent amendments to the Copyright Act which now allow generic pharmaceutical companies to copy product information documents in prescribed circumstances, Justice Jagot of the Federal Court of Australia determined that the amendments apply to works which are "product information" as approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (regardless of......
Davies Collison Cave | Australia | 28 Sep 2011
In a decision which considers both patent and copyright issues, the Federal Court recently found in favour of the patentee/originator, distinguishing between the purpose of administration and the result achieved in order to clarify construction of a method of treatment claim.
Davies Collison Cave | Australia | 4 Apr 2011
In Organic Marketing Australia Pty Ltd v Woolworths Ltd [2011] FCA 2791, Katzmann J refused the application by Organic Marketing Australia ("OMA") for an interlocutory injunction to restrain Woolworths from using the words "Honest to Goodness" in its latest advertising campaign, on the basis that the "balance of convenience" weighed heavily against such a measure.