Claimant Works
”. 8.9.DPA claims that: i)ii)Ms Muller has breached clause 6.1 and 6.2 of the Restrictive Covenants; and iii)Mr D’Aguanno and Ms Muller have breached their contract by failing properly to store, and by removing when they ceased working for DPA, electronic files embodying Claimant Works. 10.In their joint defence, the Defendants denied breach of copyright or breach of contract as alleged, but Mr D’Aguanno admitted that he was in possession of “one copy of some 3D models drawings” belonging to DPA, which he offered to return. He later provided further particulars: that on ceasing to work for DPA he had stored on his personal laptop a 3D model from each of three of DPA’s projects (‘Bullsmoore Lane’, ‘Crawley’ and ‘Four Oaks’) which he later transferred to a pen-drive storage device. In May 2020 he returned that storage device to DPA. He denies that he made any use of those models, which he says he kept only for the purposes of his portfolio. He says he does not have, and has never kept, any other Claimant Works. 11.At a case management conference before His Honour Judge Hacon on 4 March 2020 a number of issues were identified in the Schedule to the Order. Those which remain live are the following:
- INTRODUCTION
- Restrictive Covenants
- Claimant Works
- Copyright Infringement
- Breach of contract
- Restrictive covenants
- PROCEEDINGS
- Terms of Employment
- Storage of works created at DPA
- Software used at DPA at the relevant time
- Rhino
- CGI work at DPA
- DPA’s position
- None of these searches found the Rhino 3D CGI models.
- Wellington House
- Wellington House Works
- www.mudaarchitecture.com
- Use made by Mr D’Aguanno of 3D models removed from DPA
- ADA Stored Works
- DETERMINATION OF THE REMAINING ISSUES ON LIABILITY
- Issue 1 – Have the Defendants reproduced a substantial part of the Claimant Works or any of them, in a material form?
- Issue 2 – Have the Defendants or any of them possessed the Claimant Works or any of them in the course of a business.
- Issue 3 – Have the Defendants reproduced a substantial part of the Claimant Works or otherwise used the Claimant Works in their ongoing work for Mr Simpson?
- Issue 4 – Have the Defendants or any of them authorised the acts set out at paragraphs 1 to 3 above?
- Issue 5 – Did Mr D’Aguanno or Ms Muller fail to store the Claimant Works or any of them on DPA’s server?
- Issue 6 – Did Mr D’Aguanno or Ms Muller remove the Claimant Works or any of them from DPA’s offices and/or prevent DPA from having access to its files?
- Issue 7 - Does DPA have access to the Claimant Works which are in the possession of the Defendants?
- Issue 8 - Did Mr D’Aguanno or Ms Muller fail to return all of the Claimant’s property when their contracts with DPA ended?
- QUANTUM
- CONCLUSION
