Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Colorado Group Limited v Strandbags Group Pty Limited [2007] FCAFC 184
TRADE MARKS – ownership – first use – combination mark – whether goods "of the same kind" – whether word mark sufficiently distinctive to identify goods
PASSING OFF – whether appellant raised geographical limitation of use before primary judge
EVIDENCE – evidential onus of proof – whether primary judge's conclusions on evidence matters of impression
Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 14, 17, 27, 41, 44, 58, 88, 120, 122, 124 Trade Marks Registration Act 1875 (UK) s 10 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52
Aston v Harlee Manufacturing Co (1960) 103 CLR 391 cited Blackadder v Good Road Machinery Co Inc (1926) 38 CLR 332 cited Blount v Registrar of Trade Marks (1998) 83 FCR 50 cited Branir Pty Limited v Owston Nominees (No 2) Pty Limited (2001) 117 FCR 424 discussed, applied British Sugar Plc v James Robertson & Sons Ltd [1996] RPC 281 cited Builders Licensing Board v Sperway Constructions (Sydney) Pty Limited (1976) 135 CLR 616 cited Cabal v United Mexican States (2001) 108 FCR 311 cited Canadian Shredded Wheat Co Ltd v Kellogg Co of Canada (1938) 55 RPC 125 referred to Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd v Novadelta-Comercio E Industria De Cafes LDA (1998) 42 IPR 265 Carnival Cruise Lines Inc v Sitmar Cruises Ltd (1994) 120 ALR 495 discussed Clark Equipment Co v Registrar of Trade Marks (1964) 111 CLR 511 discussed Coleman Company Inc v Igloo Products Corporation (1999) 48 IPR 158 cited Crooks Michell Peacock Stewart v Kaiser (1994) 29 IPR 225 cited CSR Limited v Della Maddalena (2006) 224 ALR 1 cited Daimer Industries Pty Ltd v Kabushiki Kaisha Daimaru (1993) 27 IPR 124 cited Edwards v Dennis (1885) 30 Ch D 454 cited First Quality Products v Dawyn Import & Export Pty Ltd (2000) 49 IPR 199 cited Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 cited Gayl Porter v Victoria's Secret (1993) 28 IPR 143 cited Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co v Wolf Brothers & Co 240 US 251 (1916) referred to Howe Laboratories Inc v Daemar (1936) IPR 638 In re Grossmith's Trade mark (1889) 6 PR 189 cited In re Hicks's Trade Mark (1897) 22 VLR 636 referred to In re J B Palmer's Trade Mark (1883) 24 Ch D 504 cited Jackson & Co v Napper (1886) 35 Ch D 160 cited King v Hayward (1997) 39 IPR 431 cited Kovan Engineering (Aust) Pty Limited v Gold Peg Engineering (2006) 234 ALR 241 referred to MID Sydney Pty Ltd v Australian Tourism Co Ltd (1998) 42 IPR 561 cited Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (1980) 145 CLR 457 discussed Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (No 2) (1984) 156 CLR 414 discussed Nissan Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 45 IPR 649 cited Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (2000) 47 IPR 579 cited Oxford University Press v Registrar of Trade Marks (1990) 24 FCR 1 cited P B Foods Ltd v Malanda Dairy Foods Ltd (1999) 47 IPR 47 discussed Perry Davis & Son v Harbord (1890) 15 App Cas 316 cited Powell v The Birmingham Vinegar Brewery Company Limited [1894] AC 8 cited Pressware International Inc v Julzar Pty Ltd (1995) 33 IPR 53 cited Re Chorlton and Dugdale's Trade Mark (1885) LT NS 337 cited Re Jellinek's Application (1946) 63 RPC 59 cited Re Spencer's Trade Mark (1886) 54 LT NS 659 cited Re The Registered Trade Mark "Yanx"; Ex parte Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation Ltd (1951) 82 CLR 199 cited Registrar of Trade Marks v W & G Du Cros Ltd [1913] AC 624 cited Richards v Butcher [1891] 2 Ch 522 cited Settef SpA v Riv-Oland Marble Co (Vic) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 IPR 402 cited Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 discussed Shell Co of Australia v Rohm and Haas Co (1949) 78 CLR 601 discussed Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 cited TGI Friday's Australia Pty Ltd v TGI Friday's Inc (2000) 48 IPR 513 referred to The Hoyts Corporation Pty Ltd v Hoyt Food Manufacturing Industries Pty Ltd (2003) 61 IPR 334 cited Unilever Australia Limited v Karounos (2001) 113 FCR 322 cited Unilever Australia Limited v Société des produits Nestle SA [2006] FCA 782 cited Vamuta Pty Ltd v Sogo Pty Ltd (1995) 31 IPR 557 cited Woolworths Ltd v BP plc (No 2) (2006) 154 FCR 97 cited
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