Thompson & Morgan (United Kingdom) Ltd & Defender Ltd v Erica Vale Australia Pty Ltd

Judgment date: 19/04/1995
Court: FCA
Judge: Lockhard, Gummow and Hill JJ
Citation: (1995) 31 IPR 335; (1995) AIPC 91-133;
Catchwords: Damages;  Assessment;  Mitigation of loss;  Whether further loss occurred;  

Intellectual property;  Copyright;  Licences;  Licence incidental to and co-terminus with distributorship agreement;  

Courts and judicial system;  Jurisdiction;  Appeal to Federal Court from State Supreme Court;  Federal jurisdiction;  

Contract;  Terms and conditions;  Contract never reduced to writing;  Respondent distributor of appellant's seeds in Brisbane;