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inconvenience or injury that Apple would be likely to suffer if an injunction were refused
outweighs or is outweighed by the inconvenience or injury which Samsung would be
likely to suffer if the injunction were granted.
As Jessup J observed in Interpharma at [16], as the decision to grant interlocutory relief
is discretionary, the Court will, in considering the balance of convenience, generally take
into account every circumstance that has the rational capacity to assist in answering the
question whether it would be in the interests of justice to do so. This includes the
strength of the prima facie case, taking into account the issues of infringement and
invalidity.
For the purposes of consideration of the balance of convenience, the parties agree that:
at present, Apple has the Australian tablet market virtually to itself;
the Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 would be a
formidable player in the Australian tablet
market;