IceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAFRENCH CJ,GUMMOW, HAYNE, HEYDON, CRENNAN AND KIEFEL JJICETV PTY LIMITED & ANOR  APPELLANTSANDNINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED  RESPONDENTIceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty Limited [2009] HCA 1422 April 2009S415/2008ORDER1.        Appeal allowed with costs.2.Set aside the order of the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia made on 8 May 2008, as varied on 20 August 2008, and in place thereof order that the appeal to that Court be dismissed with costs.On appeal from the Federal Court of AustraliaRepresentationJ M Ireland QC with S C G Burley SC and J S Cooke for the appellants (instructed by Bartier Perry)A J L Bannon SC with R Cobden SC and J M Hennessy for the respondent (instructed by Gilbert & Tobin)D K Catterns QC with A J Ryan and S M Rebikoff intervening as amicus curiae on behalf of Telstra Corporation Limited (instructed by Mallesons Stephen Jaques)R J Webb SC intervening as amicus curiae on behalf of Australian Digital Alliance Limited (instructed by Baker & McKenzie)Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSIceTV Pty Limited v Nine Network Australia Pty LimitedIntellectual property – Copyright – Literary work – Compilation – Infringement – Production by employees of Nine Network Australia Pty Limited ("Nine") of weekly schedules of television programmes to be broadcast on television stations within Nine Network ("Weekly Schedules") – Information from Weekly Schedules used by third parties, with licence from Nine, to...