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cases 1986 to 1990
This page supplements the Intellectual Property Guide
elsewhere on this site.
It identifies major copyright law rulings by courts and
tribunals to 1990, along with pointers to selected academic
studies.
It covers -
Tolbush
1986 APRA v Tolbush - definition of musical performance
| 82 FLR 52
Computer Edge
1986 Computer Edge v Apple Computer case - High
Court decision
| 161 CLR 171
Computermate
1988 Computermate Products (Aust) Pty Ltd v Ozi-Soft
Pty Ltd - Federal Court decision
on parallel importation
Spycatcher case
In A-G (UK) v Heinemann Publishers Australia
the High Court explored
arguments for a public interest defence regarding publication
of Peter Wright's Spycatcher expose, discussed
here. | 10 NSWLR 86
(1987) 165 CLR 30 (1988)
T-shirts case
1989 Bulun Bulun v Neljam case - ('t-shirts case')
settled out of court for $150,000 "laying to rest
any suggestion of there being no copyright in traditional
Aboriginal art". See in particular Colin Golvan's
'Aboriginal Art and the Copyright: The Case for Johnny
Bulun Bulun' in European Intellectual Property Review
(1989:10) and our discussion of Indigenous IP issues here.
next page (1991
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