Microsoft Corporation v Auschina Polaris Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1996-1206 FCA B |
| Year | 1996 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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29 cases
1 firm's commentaries
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Director's Cut - Director Found Personally Liable In Patent Infringement
...by the company of which s/he is a director: The test propounded by Lindgren J in Microsoft Corporation v Auschina Polaris Pty Ltd (1996) 71 FCR 231 at 246, namely whether the director "directed or procured the infringing act" (the Auschina test) (applying Performing Right Society Ltd v Ciry......
1 books & journal articles
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Directors’‘Tortious’ Liability: Contract, Tort or Company Law?
...Banfield vJohnson (1994) 7 NZCLC 260, 496; King vMilpurrurru(1996) 136 ALR 327; Microsoft Corporation vAuschina Polaris Pty Ltd [1996–7] 142 ALR 111.2 [1997] 1 BCLC 131.3 See, for example, R. Grantham, ‘Company Directors and Tortious Liability’ (1997) CLJ 259 and D.Goddard, ‘Corporate Perso......