Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd v Root Quality Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Date2000
Year2000
CourtFederal Court

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23 cases
  • TS & B Retail Systems Pty Ltd v 3Fold Resources Pty Ltd (No 3)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 20 February 2007
    ...Hails Moretti Pty Ltd (2004) 220 ALR 267 Rookes v Barnard [1964] AC 1129 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 Said v Butt [1920] 3 KB 497 Sands & McDougall Pty Ltd v Robinson (1917) 23 CLR 49 Seager v Copydex Ltd (No 2) [1969] RPC 250 Sir Charles Stanl......
  • Axent Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Axent Global v Compusign Australia Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 25 September 2020
    ...IPR 119 Rodi & Wienenberger AG v Henry Showell Ltd [1969] RPC 367 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 980; 177 ALR 231; 49 IPR 225 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Limited (No 5) [2018] FCA 1622 Samsung Electronics Company Ltd v Apple Inc [2011] FCAFC 156; 217 FCR ......
  • Henley Arch Pty Ltd v Henley Constructions Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 5 November 2021
    ...or procurement by a director would generally meet the Mentmore test. In Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 (Root Quality), Finkelstein J, like Le Dain J, thought that purpose was an important consideration. His Honour seemed to focus on a reasonably ......
  • In-N-Out Burgers, Inc v Hashtag Burgers Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 26 February 2020
    ...264 Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 980; 177 ALR 231; 49 IPR 225 Rysta Limited’s Application (1943) 60 RPC 87 SAP Australia Pty Ltd v Sapient Australia Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1821; (1999) 169 ALR 1; ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Director's Cut - Director Found Personally Liable In Patent Infringement
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 2 June 2010
    ...test first suggested by Finkelstein J in an obiter remark in Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 980; (2000) 177 ALR 231 at [146], namely whether the director's conduct is "such that it can be said of him that he was so personally involved in the commission o......
1 books & journal articles
  • TORTIOUS ACTS AND DIRECTORS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2011, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...v Wee Chong Jin [1997] 3 SLR(R) 649 at [34]. See also the Australian case of Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty LtdUNK(2000) 177 ALR 231 at [115] where Finkelstein J said: “Much has been written about the liability of directors and other officers for corporate wrongdoing. ......