Glossary
| Author | Jeffrey Berryman |
| Profession | Professor of Law. Faculty of Law University of Windsor |
| Pages | 337-342 |
GLOSSARY
Anton
Filler
order: Anton
Filler
order takes
its
name
from
a
decision
of
the
English Court
of
Appeal
in
Anton
Filler
K.G.
v.
Manufacturing
Processes
(C.A.).
The
appellant, Anton
Filler,
was a
German
manufacturer
of
motors
and
electric generators used
in the
computing industry.
The
respondent
was the
appellant's agent
in the
United Kingdom.
As
agents
the
respondents
had
received confidential
information
surrounding
the
appellant's business.
The
Appellants
found
out
that
the
respondents
had
been
in
secret communication with
other German companies called Ferrostaal
and
Lechmotoren with
a
view
to
giving those companies detailed plans
and
drawings
of the
appellant's products
so
that they could
be
copied.
The
appellants were
about
to
launch
a new
product
and
feared
that details
of it
might
get
into
the
hands
of
competitors
if the
respondents were forewarned that
the
appellants were aware
of the
respondents breaches
of
confidence.
Anton
Filler
commenced
ex
parte proceedings seeking
an
injunction
to
restrain copyright infringement
as
well
as a
court order
to
permit entry
to
the
respondent's premises
to
search
and
remove
all
confidential
information
owned
by the
appellants.
The
injunction
was
granted
but
the
order
for
inspection
and
removal
was
refused.
The
appellants
appealed
the
denial
of the
latter order.
In the
Court
of
Appeal
the
order
was
granted. From
this
initial order
has
grown
the
jurisprudence
on
Anton
Filler
orders, commonly known
as
civil search warrants. (See
chapter
5.)
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