Read the full judgment text of HCA 007413/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The court has been moved by Chopard to commit the respondent for contempt of court. Chopard are well-known manufacturers of expensive watches. They are a Swiss company. The respondent is a trader in Hong Kong and he has had access to watches which on superficial examination resemble Chopard's products. He has been buying them from a source in Taiwan and selling them in Hong Kong or to customers overseas. Through their solicitors in Hong Kong Chopard discovered what was happening in the early