Apand Pty Ltd v The Kettle Chip Company Pty Ltd [1994] FCA 526

JUDGMENT No. ws Qud 2. CAT CHWORDS

TRADE PRACTICES - s.52 - PASSING OFF - use of name, symbol and get-up resembling those of rival trader - whether word "kettle" was descriptive or had obtained a secondary meaning distinctive of one product - whether sufficient steps taken to distinguish rival's product - whether licensing others to use

"kettle" resulted in loss of any exclusive right to word -

whether fraudulent intent to mislead or deceive - whether Jones v. Dunkel inference could be made - damages or account

of profits.

Trade Marks Registration Act 1875 (U.K.) Trade Practices Act 1974, ss 52, 53, 82, 87

Kerly's "Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names", 9th ed., 1966, §755; 10th ed., 1972, §16-46

s ian Woolle ills Limited v. F.S. Walton and Company Limited (1937) 58 C.L.R. 641

BM Auto Sales Pty. Ltd. v. Budget Rent A Car System Pty. Ltd. (1976) 51 A.L.J.R. 254

Bowden Wire Ltd. v. Bowden Brake Co. Ltd. (1913) 30 R.P.C. 45 J.H. Coles Proprietary Limited v. Need (1933) 49 C.L.R. 499 fasbury se Schweppes Pty. Ltd. v. Pub Squash Co. Pty. Ltd. [1981]

Be einen Palmer Ltd. v. Stock Affiliates Pty. Ltd. (1968) 122 C.L.R. 25

ne. v. cCain Foods (Aust. Pty. Ltd. (1992) 33

F.C.R. 302

tom Bu urniture - Ltd. v. Puxu Pty. Ltd. (1982) 149 C.L.R. 191 Dart Industries Inc. v. Decor Corporation Pty. Ltd. (1993)

179 C.L.R. 101

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Interlego A.G. v. Croner Trading Pty. Limited (1992) 39 F.C.R. Johnson and Johnson Australia Pty. Ltd. Vv. Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd. (1991) 30 F.C.R. 326

td. v. Apand Pty. Ltd. (formerly CC-Ay Shack Foods Pty. Ltd.) (1993) 46 F.C.R. 152 Levi Strauss & Co. v. Kimbyr Investments Limited (1994) 28 I.P.R. 149 Munchies Management Pty, Ltd. v. Belperio (1988) 84 A.L.R. 700 My Kinda Town Ltd. v. Sol] [1983] R.P.c. 15 Pioneer Kabushiki Kaisha v. Registrar of Trade Marks (1977) 137 C.L.R. 670 United States Surgical Corporation v. Hospital Products international] Pty. Ltd. [1983] 2 N.S.W.L.R. 157