Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt [2012] FCAFC 8 Citation: Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt [2012] FCAFC 8
Appeal from: Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt [2011] FCA 39
Parties: AUSTIN, NICHOLS & CO INC AND RARE BREED DISTILLING LLC v LODESTAR ANSTALT
File number: NSD 202 of 2011
Judges: JACOBSON, YATES AND KATZMANN JJ
Date of judgment: 21 February 2012
Catchwords: TRADE MARKS – Application for removal of trade mark for non-use – discretion under s 101(3) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) – whether discretion miscarried – whether correct test applied, irrelevant considerations taken into account and/or primary judge mistook the facts – whether mark had acquired an Australian reputation likely to cause confusion or deception if mark were removed from the Register – whether reasonable not to remove the mark from the Register
Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) s 28 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 92, 100(3)(c), 101
Cases cited: Austin, Nichols & Co Inc v Lodestar Anstalt [2009] FCA 1228 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Limited (2000) 202 CLR 45 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd (2008) 77 IPR 69 Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 240 CLR 590 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Kowa Company Ltd v NV Organon (2005) 66 IPR 131 McCormick & Co Inc v McCormick (2000) 51 IPR 102 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Limited (1986) 162 CLR 24 Optical 88 Ltd v Optical 88 Pty Ltd (No 2) (2010) 275 ALR 526 Paragon Shoes Pty Ltd v Paragini Distributors Pty Ltd (1988) 13 IPR 323 Pioneer Computers Australia Pty Ltd v Pioneer KK (2009) 176 FCR 300 Re Carl Zeiss Pty Limited's Application (1969) 122 CLR 1 Re Hermes Trade Mark [1982] RPC 425 Ritz Hotel Ltd v Charles of the Ritz Ltd (1988) 15 NSWLR 158 Spencer v The Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118 The Queen v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; Ex parte 2HD Proprietary Limited (1979) 144 CLR 45
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