Federal Court of Australia
JUDGMENT No. 42T/ 88.
CATCHWORDS
PASSING OFF - packaging of similar products labelled with same descriptive words - necessity to prove distinctiveness - no secondary meaning acquired - "secondary meaning" may be used in differing senses.
PASSING OFF - requirement of misrepresentation - whether proof of fraudulent intent sufficient to ground action - proof of such intent only of evidential weight.
TRADE PRACTICES - misleading and deceptive conduct - assistance to be derived from authorities on passing-off - relevance of intention.
FEDERAL COURT - account of profits - power to order accounts - actions in accrued jurisdiction - remedies under Part V of Trade Practices Act.
Designs Act 1906 Trade Practices Act 1974
Office Cleaning Services Ltd. v Westminster Window & General Cleaners Ltd. tr5a6} 63 RPC 39
Hornsb Buildin Information Centre Pty. Ltd. v Sydney Building Information Centre Ltd. (1978) 15 CLR 216
Park Court Hotel Ltd.
v Trans-World Hotels Ltd. [1970] FSR 89 Ca re weppes Pty. Ltd. v The Pub Squash Co. Ltd. [1981] RP
10th Cantanae Pty. Ltd. v Shoshana Pty. Ltd. (1988) ATPR 40-833 My Kinda Town ae v Soll TI982] FSR tir T1983] RPC 407
James Watt Constructions Pty. Ltd. v Circle-E Pty. Ltd. [1970]
3 NSWR 461
T. Oertli A.G. v E.J. Bowman (London) Ltd. [1959] RPC l
Erven Warnink B.V. v J. Townend & Sons (Hull) Ltd. [1979] Ac 731
Moorgate Tobacco Co. Ltd. v Philip 156 CLR 414
Morris Ltd.
Lord Byron v Johnson (1816) 2 Mer. 29; 35 ER 851 H.D. Bulmer Ltd. and Showerings Ltd. v J. Bollinger S.A. [1978]
RPC 79 B.M. Auto Sales Pty. Ltd. v Budget Rent A Car System Pty. Ltd.
(1976) 51 ALIR
John Engelander & Co, Pty. Ltd. v Ideal Toy Corporation (1981) 54 FLR 357
R. & C. Products Pty. Ltd. v Hunters Products Pty. Ltd. (1988) ATPR -
Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd. v Sydney Guarantee Corporation utd. (1951) SR (Nsw) l6é Wilson v Samuels (1913) 13 SR (NSW) 394 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd. v F.S. Walton & Co. Ltd. (1937) 56 CLR 641
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