20 Mar 1986
INTERLEGO A.G. v. TYCO INDUSTRIES INC. AND OTHERS
- Citation
- INTERLEGO A.G. v. TYCO INDUSTRIES INC. AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA4231/1984
Court held plaintiff's drawings and reconstruction drawings were original artistic works and the moulds qualified as engravings; pre-1973 features were excluded from registrability where dictated solely by function though lack of novelty applied to certain basic bricks; defendants indirectly copied a substantial part of the plaintiff's 1976 drawings and infringed copyright; s9(8) defence failed; plaintiff entitled to relief and an enquiry on damages including possible additional damages under s17(3).