Crazy Ron's Communications Pty Limited v Mobileworld Communications Pty Limited [2004] FCAFC 196

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Crazy Ron's Communications Pty Limited v Mobileworld Communications Pty Limited [2004] FCAFC 196 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Trade Marks – deceptive similarity– whether aural use of 'Crazy Ron' infringed a registered composite trade mark which included the words 'Crazy John' – whether 'Crazy John' an essential feature of the registered mark INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Trade Marks – registration – amendment of particulars of application –whether s 65(5) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) authorises amendment of an application which names the wrong person as the owner Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 6, 7, 10, 17, 20, 27, 29, 30, 58, 59, 62, 65, 72, 88, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 120, 125, 126, 126, 212, 214, 216, 217 Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) s 28 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 80, 87 Trade Mark Regulations 1995 (Cth) Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Aust) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 cited CA Henschke & Co v Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd (2000) 52 IPR 42 discussed Jafferjee v Scarlett (1937) 57 CLR 115 cited Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v FS Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 followed Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 cited Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365 cited Aristoc Ltd v Rysta Ltd [1945] AC 68 cited Rysta Ltd's Application (1943) 60 RPC 87 cited Berlei Hestia Industries Ltd v Bali Co Inc (1973) 129 CLR 353 cited Berlei (UK) Ltd v Bali Brassiere Co Inc [1969] 2 All ER 813 cited Saville Perfumery Ltd v June Perfect Ltd (1941) 58 RPC 147 discussed de Cordova v Vick Chemical Co (1951) 68 RPC 103 cited Polo Textile Industries Pty Ltd v Domestic Textile Corporation Pty Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 227 cited New South Wales Dairy Corporation v Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd (1989) 86 ALR 549 cited Aldi Stores Ltd Partnership v Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH (2001) 190 ALR 185 cited Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 cited Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd v New South Wales Dairy Corporation (1990) 24 FCR 370 cited Eagle Homes Pty Ltd v Austec Homes Pty Ltd (1997) 87 FCR 415 cited Campomar Sociedad Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 cited Shanahan's Australian Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off (3rd ed 2003) CRAZY RON'S COMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED & ORS v MOBILEWORLD COMMUNICATIONS PTY LIMITED & ORS V 1167 of 2003 MOORE, SACKVILLE and EMMETT JJ SYDNEY (HEARD IN MELBOURNE) 6 AUGUST 2004