Farmer’s Build Ltd v Carrier Bulk Materials Handling Ltd, 1999 RPC 461
Citation: Farmer’s Build Ltd v Carrier Bulk Materials Handling Ltd, 1999 RPC 461
Rule of thumb: What is the basic underlying rationale of design rights? It is to avoid a person’s design being copied completely. Small but significant tweaks to a design, such that they are distinguishable, are sufficient to ensure that design law has not been breached.
Judgment:
‘... the purpose of introducing the design right ... in the case of spare parts, to remove protection from copying completely’, at para 480
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