PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where applicant previously worked for respondent and had access to respondent’s confidential information / intellectual property – where applicant seeks redactions to discovered documents – where parties are competing trade rivals –
Recent cases about confidential information
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Austin Engineering Pty Ltd v Podulova [2023] FCA 419
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – intellectual property – alleged misuse of confidential and copyright information – orders sought for respondents to file and serve affidavits attesting to details of devices and networks which may contain applicant’s confidential information – consideration of principles governing Norwich Pharmacal orders – orders sought made
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Dreamstreet Lending Pty Ltd v Weiss (No 2) [2023] FCA 684
CONTRACT – contractual interpretation – breach of contract – services agreement between consultant and mortgage broking business – where applicant claimed consultant breached notice period clause – where applicant claimed consultant breached an exclusive service obligation – where applicant claimed consultant breached confidentiality obligations – where consultant made and retained various downloads of customer-related information…
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Avant Group Pty Ltd v Kiddle [2023] FCA 685
CONTRACTS — interlocutory application by the plaintiff seeking injunctive relief against the defendant, a former employee — where defendant had established her own business and admitted to soliciting the plaintiff’s clients — where the defendant’s employment agreement included post-employment restraint of trade clauses — whether contractual obligations survived the termination of the employment agreement in…
