23 Aug 1979
TAKMAY INDUSTRIAL CO LTD v. WAH SANG INDUSTRIAL CO (A FIRM)
- Citation
- TAKMAY INDUSTRIAL CO LTD v. WAH SANG INDUSTRIAL CO (A FIRM)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV42/1979
There was an arguable case that the drawings of the doll internals and the dress were original and that the plaintiff held an equitable interest by oral agreements at the moment of creation sufficient to obtain interlocutory relief; the defendant failed to plead or prove a s.9(8) defence; the prototype dress was not shown to be a work of artistic craftsmanship on the evidence so injunctive relief in respect of the prototype should be removed; on the balance of convenience damages were inadequate and the judge's discretionary grant of interlocutory injunctions should stand (with the specified…