Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Company (Hong Kong) Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date30 April 1997
Date30 April 1997
CourtPrivy Council
    • This document is available in original version only for vLex customers

      View this document and try vLex for 7 days
    • TRY VLEX
19 cases
  • Schutz (UK) Ltd and Others v Delta Containers Ltd (No 1)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 November 2011
    ...idea and the old idea. That depends on what the old idea was. Canon 125 77. Next there is the decision in Canon v Green Cartridge [1997] AC 728, only a few years before United Wire. Canon was complaining in Hong Kong about a defendant who made copies of Canon cartridges for Canon printers. ......
  • Dyson Ltd v Qualtex (UK) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 March 2006
    ...grant. The decision is not without criticism � see particularly the analysis of Leyland by the Privy Council in Canon v Green Cartridge [1997] AC 728. The conclusion in that case was that the " Leyland" defence is limited to clear cases of anti-competitiveness, or those where the ordinary ......
  • Concrete Pty Ltd v Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 6 December 2006
    ...at 533–534 [22], 545–546 [81]. 10 [1964–5] NSWR 229 . 11 [1971] 2 QB 78 . 12 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Co (Hong Kong) Ltd [1997] AC 728 at 13 [1977] RPC 537 . 14 [1986] AC 577 . 15Parramatta Design & Developments Pty Ltd v Concrete Pty Ltd (2005) 144 FCR 264. 16Concrete Pty......
  • Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson Corporation
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 12 November 2020
    ...Inc (2008) 522 F 3d 1348 at 1362. 422 Hewlett-Packard (1997) 123 F 3d 1445 at 1452. 423 Hewlett-Packard (1997) 123 F 3d 1445 at 1453. 424 [1997] AC 728 at 425 (2001) 264 F 3d 1094. 426 (2001) 264 F 3d 1094 at 1101, 1110–1111. 427 Jazz Photo (2001) 264 F 3d 1094 at 1106. 428 Jazz Photo (2001......
  • Request a trial to view additional results
2 books & journal articles
  • A LOOK BACK AT PUBLIC POLICY, THE LEGISLATURE, THE COURTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COPYRIGHT LAW IN SINGAPORE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2012, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...was recognised right at the start of “modern” English copyright law. 83 See Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge Co (Hong Kong) Ltd[1997] 3 WLR 13 and the criticism by Lord Hoffmann (Privy Council) (at 20) of the House of Lords decision, where the ideal of an unrestricted market was emp......
  • Copyright infringement without copying - reflections on the Theberge case.
    • Canada
    • Ottawa Law Review Vol. 39 No. 1, December 2007
    • 22 December 2007
    ...Leyland was criticized in a later decision, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v. Green Cartridge Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd., [1997] F.S.R. 817 at 823-26, [1997] A.C. 728 (P.C.). Here, the Privy Council stated that the intent of the Court in British Leyland was to prevent misuse of monopoly power, however, i......

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT