13 Aug 1999
SKYDON DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MICRO ORGANIZATION LTD. AND OTHERS
- Citation
- SKYDON DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MICRO ORGANIZATION LTD. AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA10588/1998
The plaintiff's database was an original compilation involving sufficient skill, labour and judgment, the plaintiff owned the copyright as employer, the defendants reproduced the plaintiff's work as shown by convincing evidence including identical errors, the defendants' defences (lack of originality, non-ownership, public policy/government ownership, Anton Piller restraint) fail, and summary judgment is appropriate with damages to be assessed including for breach of fiduciary duty by the second and fourth defendants.