Wham-O MFG Co v Lincoln Industries Ltd - [1981] 2 NZLR 628 [1982] RPC 281

Copyright — Trade mark — Infringement — Manufacture of plastic flying discs ("Frisbee") — Allegations of infringement of copyright and wrongful use and registration of the trade mark FRISBEE — Whether copyright subsisted in wooden models, moulds and plastic discs — Whether publication of drawings in support of a United States patent application constituted an abandonment of copyright protection — Interpretation of cl 3(2)(b) of the Copyright (International Conventions) Order 1964 — Whether plaintiff entitled to an injunction and damages for conversion — Copyright Act 1962, ss 2, 6, 7, 9, 24, 25 and 49 — Trade Marks Act 1953, ss 16 and 41.