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Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth   flag  52

[2011] UKSC 39; [2012] 1 AC 208; [2011] 4 All ER 817; [2011] 3 WLR 487; [2011] FSR 41; [2012] 1 All ER (Comm) 1011; (2011) 92 IPR 647; [2011] All ER (D) 257
United Kingdom Supreme Court
United Kingdom
27th July, 2011

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index † 
Moti v R [2011] HCA 50; (2011) 245 CLR 456; (2011) 283 ALR 393; (2011) 86 ALJR 117; (2011) 218 A Crim R 204 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 7 Dec 2011 AustLII flag 163
Belhaj v Straw [2017] UKSC 3; [2017] AC 964; [2017] 3 All ER 337; [2017] 2 WLR 456 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 17 Jan 2017 BAILII flag 68
Force India Formula One Team Ltd v 1 Malaysia Racing Team Sdn Bhd [2012] EWHC 616; [2012] EWHC 616 (Ch); [2012] RPC 29 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 21 Mar 2012 BAILII flag 49
Ferrexpo AG v Gilson Investments Ltd [2012] EWHC 721 (Comm); [2012] 2 Lloyds Rep 588 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 3 Apr 2012 BAILII flag 30
Yukos Capital Sarl v OJSC Rosneft Oil Co (No 2) [2012] EWCA Civ 855; [2013] 1 All ER 233; [2013] 3 WLR 1329 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 27 Jun 2012 BAILII flag 25
Human Genome Sciences Inc v Eli Lilly & Co [2011] UKSC 51; [2012] 1 All ER 1154; [2012] RPC 6 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 2 Nov 2011 BAILII flag 25
Belhaj v Straw [2014] EWCA Civ 1394; [2015] 2 WLR 1105 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 30 Oct 2014 BAILII flag 21
Magmatic Ltd v PMS International Group plc [2016] UKSC 12; [2016] RPC 11 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 9 Mar 2016 BAILII flag 13
EWC Payments Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] VSC 207 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 14 May 2014 AustLII flag 13
Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly & Co [2012] EWHC 3316 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 27 Nov 2012 BAILII flag 12
FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2020] EWCA Civ 996; [2021] 2 All ER 605 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 29 Jul 2020 BAILII flag 11
Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [2018] EWHC 808 (Pat); [2018] RPC 16 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 16 Apr 2018 BAILII flag 11
Seven Arts Entertainment Ltd v Content Media Corporation Plc [2013] EWHC 588 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 18 Mar 2013 BAILII flag 11
Deutsche Bank AG London Branch v Receivers; Central Bank of Venezuela v Governor and Co of the Bank of England [2021] UKSC 57; [2022] 2 WLR 167 United Kingdom Supreme Court United Kingdom 20 Dec 2021 BAILII flag 10
Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [2017] EWHC 2988 (Pat); [2017] RPC 19 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 30 Nov 2017 BAILII flag 10
Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies (UK) Ltd & Anr [2017] EWHC 711 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 5 Apr 2017 BAILII flag 10
Burt v Yiannakis [2015] NZHC 1174; [2015] NZFLR 739; (2015) 30 FRNZ 696 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 28 May 2015 NZLII flag 7
Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs And Tax Administration) v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2021] EWHC 974 (Comm) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 27 Apr 2021 BAILII flag 6
Eli Lilly and Co v Genentech Inc [2017] EWHC 3104 (Pat); [2018] 1 WLR 1755 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 6 Dec 2017 BAILII flag 6
Slater v Wimmer [2012] EWPCC 7 England and Wales Patents County Court United Kingdom - England and Wales 16 Feb 2012 BAILII flag 6
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v UCB Pharma SA [2017] EWHC 1216 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 26 May 2017 BAILII flag 5
Hamed v Stevens [2013] EWCA Civ 911 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 26 Jul 2013 BAILII flag 5
Response Clothing Ltd v Edinburgh Woollen Mill [2020] EWHC 148 (IPEC); [2020] FSR 25 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 29 Jan 2020 BAILII flag 4
EWC Payments Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] VSC 4 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 28 Jan 2014 AustLII flag 4
Performing Right Society Ltd v Qatar Airways Group QCS [2020] EWHC 1872 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 Jul 2020 BAILII flag 3
Coward v Phaestos Ltd [2013] EWHC 1292 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 May 2013 BAILII flag 3
Elliott Associates LP , R (On the Application Of) v The London Metal Exchange [2023] EWHC 2969 (Admin) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 29 Nov 2023 BAILII flag 2
Foster v Christie [2018] NZHC 3103; [2019] NZAR 315 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 29 Nov 2018 NZLII flag 2
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC v WPMC Ltd [2015] EWHC 1853 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 1 Jul 2015 BAILII flag 2
Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd [2023] EWHC 2092 (TCC) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 Aug 2023 BAILII flag 1
WaterRower (UK) Ltd v Liking Ltd (T/A Topiom) [2022] EWHC 2084 (IPEC) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 5 Aug 2022 BAILII flag 1
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v GW Pharma Ltd [2022] EWHC 1012 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 3 May 2022 BAILII flag 1
British Broadcasting Corporation v Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd [2018] EWHC 2931 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 6 Nov 2018 BAILII flag 1
PT Arutmin Indonesia v PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia [2013] QSC 332 Supreme Court of Queensland Australia - Queensland 6 Dec 2013 AustLII flag 1
Jedis Ltd v Vodafone NZ Ltd [2012] NZHC 2448 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 17 Sep 2012 NZLII flag 1
Stewart v Franmara Inc (No 2) [2012] NZHC 1771; (2012) 96 IPR 554 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 19 Jul 2012 NZLII flag 1
Converse Inc v Conley (UK) Ltd [2012] EWPCC 24 England and Wales Patents County Court United Kingdom - England and Wales 16 Apr 2012 BAILII flag 1
Self Care Corporation Pty Ltd v Green Forest International Pty Ltd (No 16) [2024] FedCFamC2G 738 Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 2 General Federal Law Australia - Commonwealth 15 Aug 2024 AustLII flag
A-Ward Ltd v Raw Metal Coro Pty Ltd [2024] NZHC 736 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 9 Apr 2024 NZLII flag
Sky King MacHinery Engineering Ltd v China Harbor Engineering Co Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1516 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 9 Jun 2023 HKLII flag
GW Pharma Ltd v Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1462 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 8 Nov 2022 BAILII flag
BIOZEAL, LLC AND ANOTHER v. NATURE’S STORY CO LTD AND ANOTHER [2021] HKCFI 3725; [2022] 1 HKLRD 191 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 9 Dec 2021 HKLII flag
Gan v Zadravic [2021] NSWDC 533 District Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 7 Oct 2021 AustLII flag
Petition of Niall Adrian Finucane for Judicial Review [2021] ScotCS CSIH_38 Scottish Court of Session United Kingdom - Scotland 20 Jul 2021 BAILII flag
He arotake i te & #257;heinga ki ng & #257; rawa a te tangata ka mate ana Review of succession law: rights to a person's property on death [2021] NZLCR 145 New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
9999u16a 6e2fu16a 7279u16a 5225u16a 884cu16a 653fu16a 5340u16a 8a34u16a 4f55u16a 4e16u16a 6587u16a [2020] HKCFI 2273 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 2 Jul 2020 HKLII flag
"Table of Cases" [2017] ELECD 4 Edited Legal Collections Data Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag

Law Reform Reports Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title Citation(s) Author Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index † 
He arotake i te & #257;heinga ki ng & #257; rawa a te tangata ka mate ana Review of succession law: rights to a person's property on death [2021] NZLCR 145 New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
Review of succession law: rights to a person's property on death [2021] NZLCIP 46 New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
Dividing relationship property: time for change? [2017] NZLCIP 41 New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers New Zealand circa 2017 NZLII flag

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title Citation(s) Author Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index † 
"From Pedagogy to Property: Copyright in Teaching Materials" [2023] VUWLawRw 6 Austin, Graeme W New Zealand circa 2023 NZLII flag
"Copyright in culinary works: can the Copyright Act 1994 accommodate culinary creations? Joshua Williams Memorial Prize essay 2020" (2021) 17 Otago Law Review 185 Moore, Roscoe New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
"The Judicial Individuality of Lord Sumption" (2017) 40 University of New South Wales Law Journal 862 Lee, James Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag
"Table of Cases" [2017] ELECD 4 Edited Legal Collections Data Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag
"When in Rome (II): Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Foreign Copyright Infringement in New Zealand Courts" (2016) 22 Auckland University Law Review 174 Holden, Adam New Zealand circa 2016 NZLII flag

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name Provision
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s10
Regulation (NSW) s1, s2, s3, s6, s11, s102, s211

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction Date Full Text Citation Index † 
Metix (UK) Ltd v GH Maughan (Plastics) Ltd [1997] FSR 718 United Kingdom circa 1997 flag 9
Amp Inc v Utilux Pty Ltd [1971] FSR 572 United Kingdom circa 1971 flag 9
Livingston v Jefferson 15 FCas 660 United States circa 1997 flag 9
Breville Europe Plc v Thorn EMI Domestic Appliance Ltd [1995] FSR 77 United Kingdom circa 1995 flag 8
Pytram Ltd v Models (Leicester) Ltd (1930) 1 Ch 639 Court of Chancery United Kingdom circa 1930 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 8
Britain v Hanks Bros and Co (1902) 86 LT 765 United Kingdom circa 1902 flag 8
Burt v Yiannakis [2015] NZHC 1174; [2015] NZFLR 739; (2015) 30 FRNZ 696 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 28 May 2015 NZLII flag 7
Davis (J & S) Holdings v Wright Health Group [1988] RPC 403 circa 1988 7
Bodley Head Ltd v Flegon [1972] 1 WLR 680 United Kingdom circa 1972 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 7
Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs And Tax Administration) v Solo Capital Partners LLP [2021] EWHC 974 (Comm) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 27 Apr 2021 BAILII flag 6
Eli Lilly and Co v Genentech Inc [2017] EWHC 3104 (Pat); [2018] 1 WLR 1755 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 6 Dec 2017 BAILII flag 6
Slater v Wimmer [2012] EWPCC 7 England and Wales Patents County Court United Kingdom - England and Wales 16 Feb 2012 BAILII flag 6
Sony Computer Entertainment v Van Veen (2006) 71 IPR 179 circa 2006 LexisNexis AU 6
Wildash v Klein [2004] NTSC 17; (2004) 61 IPR 324; (2004) 16 NTLR 66; [2004] AIPC 91-982 Supreme Court of the Northern Territory Australia - Northern Territory 6 Apr 2004 AustLII flag 6
LA Gear v Gerald Whelan & Sons Inc Ltd [1991] FSR 670 United Kingdom circa 1991 flag 6
ITSI T v Prods , Inc v California Auth of Racing Fairs 785 FSupp 854 United States circa 2017 Westlaw flag 6
London Films Productions v Intercontinental Comms 580 FSupp 47 United States circa 2017 Westlaw flag 6
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v UCB Pharma SA [2017] EWHC 1216 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 26 May 2017 BAILII flag 5
Hamed v Stevens [2013] EWCA Civ 911 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 26 Jul 2013 BAILII flag 5
Response Clothing Ltd v Edinburgh Woollen Mill [2020] EWHC 148 (IPEC); [2020] FSR 25 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 29 Jan 2020 BAILII flag 4
EWC Payments Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2014] VSC 4 Supreme Court of Victoria Australia - Victoria 28 Jan 2014 AustLII flag 4
Lucasfilm v Ainsworth [2010] Ch 503 Court of Chancery United Kingdom circa 2010 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 4
Griggs [R] Group Ltd v Evans [2004] EWHC 1088; [2004] FSR 939 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales circa 2004 BAILII flag 4
Underhill v Hernandez 65 F 577 circa 2014 4
2 QB 358 2 QB 358 United Kingdom circa 2014 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 4
Performing Right Society Ltd v Qatar Airways Group QCS [2020] EWHC 1872 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 Jul 2020 BAILII flag 3
Coward v Phaestos Ltd [2013] EWHC 1292 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 May 2013 BAILII flag 3
Frink America Inc v Champion Road Machinery Ltd 961 FSupp 398 United States circa 2020 Westlaw flag 3
Elliott Associates LP , R (On the Application Of) v The London Metal Exchange [2023] EWHC 2969 (Admin) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 29 Nov 2023 BAILII flag 2
Foster v Christie [2018] NZHC 3103; [2019] NZAR 315 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 29 Nov 2018 NZLII flag 2
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC v WPMC Ltd [2015] EWHC 1853 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 1 Jul 2015 BAILII flag 2
Semiconductor Inc (2008) 589 FSupp 2d 84 United States circa 2008 Westlaw flag 2
Topalsson GmbH v Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd [2023] EWHC 2092 (TCC) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 17 Aug 2023 BAILII flag 1
WaterRower (UK) Ltd v Liking Ltd (T/A Topiom) [2022] EWHC 2084 (IPEC) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 5 Aug 2022 BAILII flag 1
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v GW Pharma Ltd [2022] EWHC 1012 (Pat) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 3 May 2022 BAILII flag 1
British Broadcasting Corporation v Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Ltd [2018] EWHC 2931 (Ch) High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales 6 Nov 2018 BAILII flag 1
PT Arutmin Indonesia v PT Thiess Contractors Indonesia [2013] QSC 332 Supreme Court of Queensland Australia - Queensland 6 Dec 2013 AustLII flag 1
Jedis Ltd v Vodafone NZ Ltd [2012] NZHC 2448 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 17 Sep 2012 NZLII flag 1
Stewart v Franmara Inc (No 2) [2012] NZHC 1771; (2012) 96 IPR 554 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 19 Jul 2012 NZLII flag 1
Converse Inc v Conley (UK) Ltd [2012] EWPCC 24 England and Wales Patents County Court United Kingdom - England and Wales 16 Apr 2012 BAILII flag 1
Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth [2008] EWHC 1878 High Court of England and Wales United Kingdom - England and Wales circa 2008 BAILII flag 1
Pro Sieben Media AG v Carlton UK Television Ltd [1991] 1 WLR 605 United Kingdom circa 1991 LexisNexis / Westlaw flag 1
Gahagan v Cooper [1811] EngR 614; 170 ER 1323; (1811) 3 Camp 111 United Kingdom circa 1811 CommonLII flag 1
Reed Elsevier Inc v Muchnick 130 SCt 1237 United States circa 2012 Westlaw flag 1
Self Care Corporation Pty Ltd v Green Forest International Pty Ltd (No 16) [2024] FedCFamC2G 738 Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia - Division 2 General Federal Law Australia - Commonwealth 15 Aug 2024 AustLII flag
A-Ward Ltd v Raw Metal Coro Pty Ltd [2024] NZHC 736 High Court of New Zealand New Zealand 9 Apr 2024 NZLII flag
Sky King MacHinery Engineering Ltd v China Harbor Engineering Co Ltd [2023] HKCFI 1516 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 9 Jun 2023 HKLII flag
"From Pedagogy to Property: Copyright in Teaching Materials" [2023] VUWLawRw 6 Austin, Graeme W New Zealand circa 2023 NZLII flag
GW Pharma Ltd v Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1462 England and Wales Court of Appeal - Civil Division United Kingdom - England and Wales 8 Nov 2022 BAILII flag
BIOZEAL, LLC AND ANOTHER v. NATURE’S STORY CO LTD AND ANOTHER [2021] HKCFI 3725; [2022] 1 HKLRD 191 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 9 Dec 2021 HKLII flag
Gan v Zadravic [2021] NSWDC 533 District Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 7 Oct 2021 AustLII flag
Petition of Niall Adrian Finucane for Judicial Review [2021] ScotCS CSIH_38 Scottish Court of Session United Kingdom - Scotland 20 Jul 2021 BAILII flag
"Copyright in culinary works: can the Copyright Act 1994 accommodate culinary creations? Joshua Williams Memorial Prize essay 2020" (2021) 17 Otago Law Review 185 Moore, Roscoe New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
Review of succession law: rights to a person's property on death [2021] NZLCIP 46 New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
He arotake i te & #257;heinga ki ng & #257; rawa a te tangata ka mate ana Review of succession law: rights to a person's property on death [2021] NZLCR 145 New Zealand circa 2021 NZLII flag
9999u16a 6e2fu16a 7279u16a 5225u16a 884cu16a 653fu16a 5340u16a 8a34u16a 4f55u16a 4e16u16a 6587u16a [2020] HKCFI 2273 Hong Kong Court of First Instance Hong Kong 2 Jul 2020 HKLII flag
"The Judicial Individuality of Lord Sumption" (2017) 40 University of New South Wales Law Journal 862 Lee, James Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag
Dividing relationship property: time for change? [2017] NZLCIP 41 New Zealand Law Commission - Issues Papers New Zealand circa 2017 NZLII flag
"Table of Cases" [2017] ELECD 4 Edited Legal Collections Data Australia circa 2017 AustLII flag
"When in Rome (II): Jurisdiction, Choice of Law and Foreign Copyright Infringement in New Zealand Courts" (2016) 22 Auckland University Law Review 174 Holden, Adam New Zealand circa 2016 NZLII flag

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