Jeanswest Corporation (new Zealand) Limited v G-STAR Raw C.v. CA764/2013

Judgment Date17 February 2015
Neutral Citation[2015] NZCA 14
CourtCourt of Appeal
Date17 February 2015

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11 cases
  • Dodson Motorsport Ltd v Logiical Performance Ltd
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 30 April 2019
    ...Ignorance of copyright law is no excuse, so that lack of knowledge based 67 68 Jeanswest Corporation (New Zealand) Ltd v G-Star Raw C.V. [2015] NZCA 14, (2015) 13 TCLR At [110]. on an error of law may still amount to infringement. The appropriate inquiry is whether the defendant knew the re......
  • Eight Mile Style v New Zealand National Party
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 25 October 2017
    ...2) [2010] NZSC 27, [2010] 3 NZLR 149 at [117] and [238]. At [178]–[179], per Tipping J. Jeans West Corp (New Zealand) Ltd v G-Star Raw CV [2015] NZCA 14, (2015) 13 TCLR licensing companies and obtained a synchronisation licence to use Eminem Esque in their advertising. The extent to which t......
  • Burden v Esr Group (nz) Limited
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 12 November 2020
    ...that paragraph 25.3 should be read as an allegation of primary infringement. 40 Jeanswest Corporation (New Zealand) Ltd v G-Star Raw CV [2015] NZCA 14, 13 TCLR 787 at Secondly, and consistent with primary infringement being in issue, Mr Hazel cross-examined Ms McLennan on the subject of the......
  • Burden & ORS v Esr Group & ORS
    • New Zealand
    • High Court
    • 7 July 2016
    ...of access, this raises a prima facie case or inference of copying: see Jeanswest Corporation (New Zealand) Ltd v G-Star Raw CV [2015] NZCA 14, (2015) 13 TCLR 787 at The more technical the Irish Coast drawings, the less they would resemble Attic Heirlooms designs. quite different from the PG......
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  • Copyright pitfalls in New Zealand: lessons to be learnt from Jeanswest v G-Star
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 3 March 2015
    ...selling products in New Zealand. The Court of Appeal judgment in Jeanswest Corporation (New Zealand) Limited v G-Star Raw CV & Anr [2015] NZCA 14 sets the scene as follows: "On a wet day in August 1995 Monsieur Morisset was sitting in a cafe in the south of France". Unfortunately the gl......