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

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date30 April 1997
Date30 April 1997
CourtPrivy Council

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  • Schutz (UK) Ltd and Others v Delta Containers Ltd (No 1)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 November 2011
    ... ... Limited A Merrill Communications Company 165 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2DY Tel No: 020 ... Canon ... Next there is the decision in Canon v Green Cartridge [1997] AC 728 , only a few years e United Wire ... Canon was complaining in Hong Kong about a defendant who made copies of Canon ... ...
  • Schutz (UK) Ltd and Others v Delta Containers Ltd (No 1)
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division (Patents Court)
    • 31 March 2010
    ... ... worked for Schütz and for another company in the field, Mauser ... 29 ... 577 in Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Green Cartridge [1997] FSR ... ...
  • 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......
  • 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......
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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 - January 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......