PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for orders for preservation of documents – where orders made referring the issue of the extent and nature of discovery for consideration at a conference by a registrar – where applicant alleges that system updates to computing software used by the respondent may compromise the discovery process – whether likely that documents will be lost or destroyed – whether preservation orders appropriate in the circumstances – held materials in support of application do not reveal a basis for concern that critical documents will be destroyed or lost – orders as sought by the applicant would circumvent the conference to be convened before the registrar – application dismissed
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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – formulation of orders to give effect to the reasons for judgment in Motorola Solutions, Inc. v Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd (Liability) [2022] FCA 1585
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The Noco Company v Hong Kong Haowei Technology Co., Ltd. [2023] FCA 533
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – service out of the jurisdiction – substituted service – where the respondents are registered in Hong Kong and China – where the applicant claims that the respondents are infringing its Australian patents by conduct in Australia and seeks injunctive relief – where the applicant contends that it is not practicable to…
