Albert v Hoffnung and Co Ltd: 1921

(Court of Appeal of New South Wales) ‘Knowledge’ means . . notice of facts such as would suggest to a reasonable man that a breach of copyright law was being committed.’

Judges:

Harvey J

Citations:

(1921) 22 SR (NSW) 75

Cited by:

CitedSillitoe v McGraw-Hill Book Co 1983
The defendants had imported and distributed a series of ‘study notes’ for students which the plaintiffs alleged infringed the copyrights in the works under discussion.
Held: The defendants had been ‘fixed with knowledge’ 14 days after letters . .
CitedTwentieth Century Fox Film Corp and Others v British Telecommunications Plc ChD 28-Jul-2011
The claimant rights holders sought an order to require the defendant broadband internet provider to deny access to its users to websites which were said to facilitate the distribution of infringing copies of their films. An earlier judgment had . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Intellectual Property, Commonwealth

Updated: 15 May 2022; Ref: scu.442537