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Federal Court of Australia |
Last Updated: 26 February 2003
Microsoft Corporation v Jiang [2003] FCA 101
MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND MICROSOFT PTY LIMITED v
KAI-YU JIANG (also known as BRUCE JIANG) trading as MULTIVERSE COMPUTER
N789 OF 2002
TAMBERLIN J
SYDNEY
6 FEBRUARY 2003
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA |
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NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY |
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THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The steps taken as at 6 February 2003 to bring the hearing of the Applicants' notices of motion dated 13 December 2002 and 21 January 2003 and the proceedings to the attention of the Respondent are deemed to be service of the motions and of the supporting affidavits in accordance with the Federal Court Rules.
2. The Applicants' notice of motion dated 21 January 2003 be heard in the absence of the Respondent.
3. The Respondent, whether by his employees, agents or otherwise, be permanently restrained from:
(a) reproducing or authorising the reproduction of the whole or a substantial part of any of the Microsoft Programs without the licence of the First Applicant;
(b) importing into Australia any copy of the whole or a substantial part of any of the Microsoft Programs without the licence of the First Applicant;
(c) selling, offering for sale, supplying, offering to supply or distributing any Infringing Microsoft Program; and
(d) authorising, directing or procuring any other company or person to engage in any of the conduct sought to be restrained by sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above.
4. The Respondent deliver up to the solicitors for the Applicants on oath within 7 days, each Infringing Microsoft Program and any equipment used to make any such infringing copy, in the possession, power, custody or control of the Respondents or any of them.
5. The Respondent, whether by his employees, agents or otherwise, be permanently restrained from infringing the Microsoft Trade Marks by:
(a) manufacturing, procuring the manufacture of, importing, purchasing, selling, offering to sell, supplying, offering to supply or distributing any Infringing Microsoft Product; and
(b) authorising, directing or procuring any other company or person to engage in any of the conduct sought to be restrained by sub-paragraph (a) above.
6. The Respondent deliver up to the solicitors of the Applicants on oath all Infringing Microsoft Products and any equipment used or intended to be used for making Infringing Microsoft Products, in the possession, custody or control of the Respondent.
7. The Respondent, whether by his employees, agents or otherwise, be permanently restrained from representing in trade or commerce to persons to whom the Respondent supplies or offers to supply any Infringing Microsoft Programs, or Infringing Microsoft Products that:
(a) any such product has been made with the licence of the First Applicant; or
(b) the Respondent is lawfully entitled to supply any such product; or
(c) in the case of Infringing Microsoft Programs and Infringing Microsoft Products, that any such product has been made with the licence of the First Applicant.
8. The Respondent pays the Applicants' costs of the Proceedings in the sum of $40,000.
9. Service of these orders on the Respondent may be effected by the Applicants by forwarding a sealed copy of the orders to 155 Adderton Road, Carlingford, New South Wales.
10. The proceedings are otherwise dismissed.
[In these orders:
"Infringing Microsoft Products" means any Microsoft Class 9 Products and Microsoft Class 16 Products to which the mark "MICROSOFT" or a mark substantially identical with, or deceptively similar to, the mark "MICROSOFT" has been applied without the consent of the First Applicant;
"Infringing Microsoft Program" means a copy of the whole of a substantial part of the any of the Microsoft Programs which has not been made by or with licence of the First Applicant or which has been imported in Australia without the licence of the First Applicant;
"Microsoft Class 9 Products" means computer programs, magnetic disks and tapes containing computer programs, computer software, computer hardware, memory boards for use with computers, programmed chips, cartridges embodying computer programs and computer software and firmware embodied in computers or designed to be used therewith;
"Microsoft Class 16 Products" means printed instructional and teaching material related to computers and computer software, books, paper and printed matter for use with computer equipment, computer hardware and software manuals, newsletters featuring information about computer hardware and software, paper, paper tape and cards for the recordal of computer programs;
"Microsoft Programs" means the computer programs, associated documentation and works identified in the Schedule hereto; and
"Microsoft Trade Marks" means any or all of the First Applicant's registered trade marks comprising the mark "MICROSOFT" and numbered 371528(9) and 377674(16) or comprising the mark "WINDOWS" and numbered 576996(9) and 576997(16)].
MICROSOFT PROGRAMS
All versions of the following computer programs and associated manuals and documentation (including versions created or released subsequent to the date hereof):
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access Developers Toolkit for Windows
Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
Microsoft Access Solution Pack
Microsoft Access Upsizing Tools
Microsoft Age of Empires
Microsoft Allegiance
Microsoft Ancient Lands
Microsoft Application Center
Microsoft Arcade for Windows
Microsoft Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty
Microsoft Beethoven for Windows: The Ninth Symphony
Microsoft Best of Entertainment Pack
Microsoft Bicycle Card Games
Microsoft Bicycle Casino
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Microsoft Bookshelf
Microsoft Caribbean Scenery
Microsoft CD-ROM Fun and Fact Pack for Windows
Microsoft Cinemania 1995
Microsoft Class Server
Microsoft Classic Board Games
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
Microsoft Commerce Server Standard
Microsoft Complete Baseball 1995 for Windows
Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball 1995 for Windows
Microsoft Content
Microsoft Content Management Server Enterprise
Microsoft Creative Writer
Microsoft Crimson Skies
Microsoft Dangerous Creatures
Microsoft Data Analyzer
Microsoft Dinosaurs
Microsoft Dogs
Microsoft Dungeon Siege
Microsoft Encarta
Microsoft Encarta Reference Library
Microsoft Entertainment Pak
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Exchange Conferencing Server
Microsoft Exchange Server
Microsoft Explorapedia: World of Nature
Microsoft Explorapedia: World of People
Microsoft Fine Artist
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Microsoft FORTRAN Compiler
Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation
Microsoft FoxPro
Microsoft FrontPage
Microsoft Games Action Adventure Pack
Microsoft Golf
Microsoft Greetings
Microsoft Host Integration Server
Microsoft Interix
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft ISA Server
Microsoft Japan Scenery
Microsoft LAN Manager
Microsoft LAN Manager Resource Kit
Microsoft Links
Microsoft Macro Assembler
Microsoft Magic School Bus 3-CD Packs
Microsoft Magic School Bus Animals
Microsoft Magic School Bus Bugs
Microsoft Magic School Bus Concert
Microsoft Magic School Bus Dinosours
Microsoft Magic School Bus Earth
Microsoft Magic School Bus Flight
Microsoft Magic School Bus Human Body
Microsoft Magic School Bus Mars
Microsoft Magic School Bus Oceans
Microsoft Magic School Bus Rainforest
Microsoft Magic School Bus Volcanoes
Microsoft Magic School Bus Whales & Dolphins
Microsoft Mail
Microsoft Mastering Enterprise
Microsoft Mastering MFC
Microsoft Mastering Visual Basic
Microsoft Mastering Visual Studio Enterprise
Microsoft Mastering Web Development
Microsoft Mech Collection
Microsoft MechCommander
Microsoft MechWarrior
Microsoft MechWarrier 4: Black Knight
Microsoft Midtown Madness
Microsoft Mobile Info Server Enterprise
Microsoft MOM Operations Manager Base
Microsoft Money
Microsoft Motocross Madness
Microsoft Mozart for Windows - The Dissonant Quartet
Microsoft MS-DOS
Microsoft MS Plus!
Microsoft MSDN
Microsoft Multimedia Composer Collection
Microsoft Musical Instruments
Microsoft My Personal Tutor Pre-K
Microsoft New York Scenery
Microsoft NT Workstation
Microsoft NT Server
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Pandoras Box
Microsoft Paris Scenery
Microsoft Personal Collection
Microsoft Picture It!
Microsoft Pinball
Microsoft Plus Entertainment Pack
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Proofing Tools
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Puzzel Collection
Microsoft Rabbit Ears for Windows: How The Leopard Got His Spots
Microsoft Racing Madness
Microsoft Return of Arcade
Microsoft Scenes - Brain Twister Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Flight Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Hollywood Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Impressionists
Microsoft Scenes - Sierra
Microsoft Scenes - Sierra Club Nature Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Sierra Club Wildlife Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Sports Extremes Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Stereogram Collection
Microsoft Scenes - Undersea Collection
Microsoft Schubert for Windows: The "Trout" Quintet
Microsoft Services for Netware
Microsoft Services for Unix
Microsoft SGML Author for Word
Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server
Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback
Microsoft SideWinder Game Voice
Microsoft SideWinder Precision
Microsoft Small Business Server
Microsoft Small Business Server Client Add On
Microsoft Smart Cards
Microsoft SNA Server
Microsoft SNA Workstation
Microsoft SoundBits - Classic Cartoons from Hanna Barbera
Microsoft SoundBits - Classic Hollywood Movies
Microsoft SoundBits - Musical Sounds from Around the World
Microsoft SourceSafe
Microsoft Space Simulator
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Toolkit
Microsoft Strauss for Windows
Microsoft Stravinsky for Windows: The Rite of Spring
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Microsoft Technet
Microsoft Test for Windows
Microsoft Trackball Explorer
Microsoft Trackball Optical
Microsoft TrueType Font Pack
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio Enterprise Network Tools
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visual Basic.NET
Microsoft Visual C++
Microsoft Visual C++.NET
Microsoft Visual C#.NET
Microsoft Visual FoxPro
Microsoft Visual InterDev
Microsoft Visual J++
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
Microsoft Visual Studio.NET
Microsoft WinCE Tool Kit for Visual Basic
Microsoft WinCE Tool Kit for Visual C++
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
Microsoft Wine Guide
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Works
Microsoft Works Suite
Microsoft Zoo Tycoon
Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA |
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NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY |
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BETWEEN: |
MICROSOFT CORPORATION FIRST APPLICANT MICROSOFT PTY LIMITED (ABN 29 002 589 460) SECOND APPLICANT |
AND: |
KAI-YU JIANG (also known as BRUCE JIANG) Trading as MULTIVERSE COMPUTER RESPONDENT |
JUDGE: |
TAMBERLIN J |
DATE: |
6 FEBRUARY 2003 |
PLACE: |
SYDNEY |
1 In this matter I am satisfied having regard to the affidavits which I have considered and submissions which have been advanced that orders ought be made in accordance with the Short Minutes of Order which had been filed with the Court by the applicants in this matter. In particular, I am satisfied that sufficient steps have been taken to serve the relevant material and to bring this application and supporting material to the attention of the respondent.
2 In relation to the question of costs I am not satisfied that this is an appropriate case in which indemnity costs should be granted. However, I consider that it is appropriate to award costs as a lump sum to avoid the necessity for taxation and the ensuing expense, delay and inconvenience, especially in circumstances where there has been difficulty, or impossibility, of effecting personal service on the respondent to the proceedings.
3 I propose to award an amount of $40,000 by way of costs to the applicants. The costs are awarded on a lump sum basis and on a party/party basis. Otherwise I make orders in accordance with the Short Minutes of Order.
I certify that the preceding three (3) numbered paragraphs are a true copy of the Reasons for Judgment herein of the Honourable Justice Tamberlin. |
Associate:
Dated: 26 February 2003
Counsel for the Applicants: |
R Cobden |
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Solicitor for the Applicants: |
Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
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No appearance for the Respondent. |
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Date of Hearing: |
6 February 2003 |
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Date of Judgment: |
6 February 2003 |
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