Kenman Kandy Australia Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks [2002] FCAFC 273

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kenman Kandy Australia Pty Ltd v

Registrar of Trade Marks [2002] FCAFC 273

TRADE MARKS – shape marks – three-dimensional shape of pieces of confectionery – shape of an imaginary bug – whether inherently adapted to distinguish manufacturer's confectionery from the confectionery of others – no reliance on capacity to distinguish derived from use – reliance on inherent adaptation to distinguish alone – meaning of "inherently adapted to distinguish" – whether necessary for a trade mark to be separate from the goods in relation to which it is to be used – whether "goods" includes their shapes as an essential element of them

Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 6 ("sign", "trade mark", "use of a trade mark"), s 7(4), s 17, s 41

DR Shanahan, Australian Law of Trade Mark and Passing Off, 2nd Edition, LBC (1990) Re Application by Chocolaterie Guylian NV (1999) 46 IPR 201 cited Kenman Kandy Australia Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (2001) 52 IPR 137 cited Jafferjee v Scarlett (1937) 57 CLR 115 cited Eclipse Sleep Products Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 300 cited Rountree PLC v Rollbits Pty Ltd (1988) 90 FLR 398 cited Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365 applied Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amgen Inc (1999) 92 FCR 106 cited Renaud Cointreau & Cie v Cordon Bleu International Ltee (2001) 52 IPR 382 cited Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amgen Inc (1999) 43 IPR 189 cited Attorney-General (NSW) v Brewery Employees' Union of NSW (1908) 6 CLR 469 cited Davis v The Commonwealth (1988) 166 CLR 79 cited Nintendo Co Ltd v Centronics System Pty Ltd (1994) 181 CLR 134 cited Grain Pool of Western Australia v The Commonwealth (2001) 202 CLR 479 cited Advanced Hair Studio of America Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (1988) 10 IPR 583 cited Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 91 FCR 167 cited Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 100 FCR 90 distinguished Thomson v B Seppelt & Sons Ltd (1925) 37 CLR 305 cited Burger King Corporation v Registrar of Trade Marks (1973) 128 CLR 417 cited Clark Equipment Co v Registrar of Trade Marks (1964) 111 CLR 511 cited Registrar of Trade Marks v W & G Du Cros Ltd [1913] AC 624 cited FH Faulding & Co Ltd v Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (1965) 112 CLR 537 cited Eutectic Corporation v Registrar of Trade Marks (1980) 1A IPR 550 cited TGI Friday's Australia Pty Ltd v TGI Friday's Inc (2000) 100 FCR 358 cited British Sugar Plc v James Robertson & Sons Ltd [1996] RPC 281 cited