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: Australian Regulatory Compliance ReviewCopying other people's designs: a defendant wins
In Inform Design and Construction Pty Ltd v Boutique Homes Melbourne Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 912 the Federal Court rejected a copyright claim in house plans (see previous note on Barrett v Metricon).
Kim Weatherall analyses the case in detail here: she concludes the defendant was able to substantiate its claim of independent design by producing a credible chain of evidence including a history of draft plans which evolved into the design in dispute which was similar to the plaintiff's.
Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on July 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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