12 Jul 2018
SEALEGS INTERNATIONAL LTD v YUN ZHANG & ORS [2018] NZHC 1724
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1724
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the Sealegs prototypes embody original artistic works in the specific arrangement of functional components of the externally mounted retractable amphibious leg assemblies; former Sealegs employees who joined Orion had extensive access to and detailed knowledge of those works and reproduced the same arrangement and geometry in Orion's S25-4WD and S25-3WD products; objective similarity, derivation and copying of a substantial part were established; the defendants' evidence of an independent design path and functional constraints did not rebut derivation; therefore defendants (fir…