International Business Machines Corporation v Computer Imports Ltd - [1989] 2 NZLR 395

Copyright — Infringement — Computer technology — Plaintiff claimed infringement of copyright by three-dimensional reproduction of cabinet and internal layout of personal computer and by copying of computer program — Whether there was primary infringement of cabinet and layout — Whether there was secondary infringement through importing and selling — Whether the source code for computer program was a literary work — Whether the object code (silicon chip) was a translation of a literary work and protected by copyright — Whether there was infringement of computer program — Copyright Act 1962, ss 2, 3, 6, 7 and 10.