Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
The Agency Group Australia Ltd v H.A.S. Real Estate Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 203 Appeal from: The Agency Group Australia Limited v H.A.S. Real Estate Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 482
File number: NSD 564 of 2023
Judgment of: YATES, MARKOVIC AND KENNETT JJ
Date of judgment: 19 December 2023
Catchwords: TRADE MARKS – appeal – where primary judge found that the respondent had not infringed the second appellant's registered trade marks – whether primary judge erred in finding that the word mark THE NORTH AGENCY used by the respondent was not deceptively similar to the second appellant's registered trade mark – no error established – appeal dismissed
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 (Australian Consumer Law) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 33 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 7(2), 33, 120, 122(1)(b)
Cases cited: Agency Group Australia Ltd v H.A.S. Real Estate Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 482; 174 IPR 153 Aldi Foods Pty Ltd v Moroccanoil Israel Ltd [2018] FCAFC 93; 261 FCR 301 August v Commissioner of Taxation [2013] FCAFC 85 Australian Meat Group Pty Ltd v JBS Australia Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 207; 268 FCR 623 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F.S. Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 Branir Pty Ltd v Owston Nominees (No 2) Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1833; 117 FCR 424 BVZ21 v Commonwealth of Australia [2022] FCAFC 122 Christian v Société Des Produits Nestlé SA (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 153; 327 ALR 630 Combe International Ltd v Dr August Wolff GmbH & Co KG Arzneimittel [2021] FCAFC 8; 157 IPR 230 Crazy Ron's Communications Pty Ltd v Mobileworld Communications Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 196; 61 IPR 212 Energy Beverages LLC v Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 44; 407 ALR 473 Henley Constructions Pty Ltd v Henley Arch Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 62; 297 FCR 353 Northern Land Council v Quall (No 3) [2021] FCAFC 2 Optical 88 Ltd v Optical 88 Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1380; 275 ALR 526 Pham Global Pty Ltd v Insight Clinical Imaging Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 83; 251 FCR 379 Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd v Allergan Australia Pty Ltd [2023] HCA 8; 408 ALR 195 Sobey v Nicol and Davies, in the Matte of Guiseppe Antonio Mercorella [2007] FCAFC 136; 245 ALR 389 Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 Swancom Pty Ltd v The Jazz Corner Hotel Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 157; 407 ALR 93
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