Watson v Kriticos (Joinder and Service Applications) [2020] FCA 1019

Joinder of Whitewater West Industries Ltd is necessary to properly determine the dispute relating to patent ownership, but the Applicant failed to meet the prima facie case requirements for leave to serve out of jurisdiction under Federal Court Rules 2011.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 17 July 2020
Procedural Posture: Interlocutory Application / Joinder and Service Applications Determined
Outcome: Joinder application granted; leave to serve out of jurisdiction dismissed.
Legal Topics: ['joinder of Parties' 'service Outside Jurisdiction' 'patents']

['practice and Procedure' 'intellectual Property'] ['joinder of Parties' 'service Outside Jurisdiction' 'patents']

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Procedural Posture

Interlocutory Application / Joinder and Service Applications Determined

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether joinder of Whitewater West Industries Ltd as second respondent is necessary to determine related dispute' 'Whether leave should be granted to serve Whitewater West Industries Ltd outside jurisdiction under Federal Court Rules 2011']

Ratio Decidendi

Court Disposition

Joinder application granted; leave to serve out of jurisdiction dismissed.

Orders

['Leave be granted to the Applicant to join Whitewater West Industries Ltd as the Second Respondent with effect from 6 December 2019.' "The Applicant's interlocutory application for leave to serve out of the jurisdiction be dismissed."]