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Case Studies (briefing notes)

NB: See the notes about preferred content and style of the case study on the cases.htm page.

Your case should be chosen from the list below. Please email the convenor with your choice.
Please contact the convenor if you do not have a case assigned by Week 5.

You may also pick your own case not on this list provided you send the convenor a request with information similar to that in the table below:

  • the name of the case (the two parties, eg., Smith v Chan), the court and jurisdiction (eg., Supreme Court of NSW) or citation, and the year it was decided
  • the URL of an official or full report of the text of the judgement
  • URLs to one or two secondary commentaries on it, with author, title, source and date written..

See cases.htm for more detail on how to write the case study.
The format can include lists, tables and bullet points and should not be longer than 1,000 words.
Shorter briefing notes are encouraged, down to a page or two.
It is an exercise in brevity and precision, not detail or lengthy explanation.
Include a few useful complete references, with link.

Case study briefing notes must be submitted by the end of Week 9.
Please staple a Law Faculty Cover Sheet to your submission, from the counter on level 2, or at this link.

List of cases - do only one:

Case

Year

URL of decision

 URLs of Commentary etc.
Telstra Corp. Ltd. v Phone Directories Co. Pty. Ltd. [2010] FCA 44 2010 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2010/44.html http://files.cecollect.com/810/3513/EURDMS-8047-v1-Client_Alert_-_Federal_Court.PDF
Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNet Ltd (No 2) [2009] FCA 1391 2009 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/2009/1391.html

http://www.minterellison.com/public/connect/Internet/Home/Legal+Insights/Articles/A-HEF2-Authorisation+of+copyright+infringement

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lawreport/stories/2010/2813376.htm

Michael Brown & ors. v Members of Classification Review Board of OFLC [1998] FCA 319 1998 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/FCA/1998/319.html

http://libertus.net/censor/rdocs/rabelais2.html#FC2

http://libertus.net/censor/rdocs/rabelais.html#Contents
Telstra Corporation Limited v The Commonwealth [2008] HCA 7 2008 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2008/7.html

http://www.hcourt.gov.au/media/Telstra%20v%20Commonwealth.pdf

http://publications.epress.monash.edu/doi/abs/10.2104/tja08006

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstra_Corporation_Limited_v_The_Commonwealth
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [1997] HCA 25 1997 http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1997/25.html

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v5n1/walker51.html

http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rn/1997-98/98rn03.htm
Dow Jones & Company Inc. v Gutnick

2002

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/high_ct/2002/56.html

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=1093
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v11n3/beyer113.html

Rindos v Hardwick

1994

http://anthropology.buffalo.edu/Rindos/Law/judgement.html
http://decisions.justice.wa.gov.au/supreme/supdcsn.nsf/
c04d382e733a94a148256fc4002b2e2b/12ce060858b5
eb9e4825641300205ca6?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,rindos

http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/articles1/auburn1.html

Godfrey v Demon Internet Ltd

1999

http://www.cyber-rights.org/documents/godfrey_decision.htm

http://www.cyber-rights.org/reports/demon.htm

Macquarie Bank Ltd & Anor v Berg

1999

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/nsw/supreme_ct/1999/526.html

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v8n3/
kampmark83_text.html#t1

US v Robert Tappan Morris

1991

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/crime/Morris.html

http://www.ods.com.ua/win/eng/security/
Max_Security/ch31/ch31.phtml

DPP v Sutcliffe

2001

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/vic/VSC/2001/43.html

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s155544.htm

Baines v. Chelekis

1997

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/00/01/c00-0112.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/defamation/liability.html

Cubby, Inc. v. CompuServe, Inc.

1991

http://www.bitlaw.com/source/cases/copyright/cubby.html

http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/CAF/law/
cubby-v-compuserve.summary

Stratton Oakmont, Inc. v. Prodigy Services Co

1995

http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch04/Stratton.html
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/ISP/ISPc4.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/maggot/censorship/prod2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratton_Oakmont,_
Inc._v._Prodigy_Services_Co.

Zeran v. America Online, Inc.

1995

http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/4th/971523p.html

http://www.techlawjournal.com/courts/zeran/Default.htm
http://medialibel.org/cases-conflicts/internet/zeran.html

American Civil Liberties Union v Reno

1997

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-511.ZS.html

http://www.epic.org/cda

Ashcroft v. ACLU

2003

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/03-218.ZS.html

http://www.epic.org/free_speech/copa

Braintech v. Kostiuk

1999

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/ca/99/01/c99-0169.txt

http://www.delzottozorzi.com/internetlawreview3/jurisdictionissue.html

Maguire v SOCOG

1999

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/
disability_rights/decisions/comdec/1999/DD000150.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s57027.htm

Electronic Frontiers Australia v Australian Broadcasting Authority

2002

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/aat/2002/449.html

http://www.efa.org.au/FOI/oflc2002/

U.S. v. Thomas

1996

http://www.loundy.com/CASES/US_v_Thomas2.html

  

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition

2002

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-795.ZS.html

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/
document.asp?documentID=15252
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/faclibrary/case.aspx?id=808

RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc

1999

http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/
cases/180_F3d_1072.htm

http://www.harmone.com/get_music/mp3/legal_stories.html

A&M Records v. Napster

2001


http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/iclp/napster.htm
http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case42.cfm

U.S. v. Jake Baker

1995

http://ic.net/~sberaha/baker.html

http://www.cyber-rights.org/documents/stalking_article.pdf

Sporty's Farm, L.L.C. v. Sportsman's Market

2000

http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch07/Sportys.html

http://www.internetlibrary.com/cases/lib_case115.cfm

Australian Drivers Rights Association v. Australian Dust Removalists Association

2002

http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/iama2351.pdf

http://iama.org.au/media/web/2006Q01.htm

Architects Australia v Witty Consultants & Witty [2002]QSC 139

2002

http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/qjudgment/QSC%202002/QSC02-139.pdf

http://www.claytonutz.com.au/downloads/SharpeHore.pdf

Marks & Spencer PLC v One in a Million

1997

http://www.nic.uk/disputes/caselaw/index/million/millionjudge/

http://www.ipit-update.com/passoff01.htm

Kremen v Cohen

2001

http://vlex.com/vid/18465885

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29152.html

Legal & General Group Plc v Image Plus

2002

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-1019.html

 

Panavision v Toeppen

1996

http://www.loundy.com/CASES/Panavision_v_Toeppen.html

http://www.wvu.edu/~law/wvjolt/Arch/Messen/Messen.htm

Stanley Works v Phil O’Neil

2000

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/94233.htm

http://www.mactoolssuck.com/legal/

OAG Worldwide, Inc. v. Mark Nelson

2002

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/105183.htm

 

Mission KwaSizabantu v. Benjamin Rost

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0279.html

 

Compagnie de Saint Gobain v Com-Union Corp

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0020.html

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC v natwestfraud.com and Umang Malhotra

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-0212.html

http://www.galexia.com/public/research/articles/research_articles-art26.html

Kevin Spacey v John Zuccarini

2001

http://www.arbitration-forum.com/domains/decisions/96937.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23030.html

Michael Douglas v. Chris Vogal

2003

http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/132438.htm

http://www.demys.net/news/2003/01/17_md.htm [dead link]

Gaulme SA & Jean-Paul Gaultier SA v. Platinum One Inc

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2001/d2001-1284.html

http://www.juriscom.net/pro/2/ndm20020408.pdf
(Article in French, needs to be translated, e.g see http://www.google.com.au/language_tools?hl=en)

The American National Red Cross v. Domains a.k.a Best Domains a.k.a John Barry

2003

http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/143684.htm

 

Julia Roberts v. Russell Boyd

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0210.html

http://docket.medill.northwestern.edu/archives/000109.php

Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Denny Hammerton and The Jimi Hendrix Fan Club

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0364.html

http://lawspace.law.uct.ac.za:8080/dspace/bitstream/
2165/87/1/ScheersoiD+2002.pdf

Madonna Ciccone, p/k/a Madonna v. Dan Parisi and "Madonna.com"

2000

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-0847.html

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/4560.html

Bruce Springsteen v. Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club

2001

http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2000/d2000-1532.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16773.html

 

 

 

 
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