Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd v The Registrar of Trade Marks & Ors [1995] FCA 658

CATCHWORDS TRADE MARKS - Application for registration - Appeal from Registrar's refusal to register - Nature of appeal - Settlement of proceeding - Assignment of application to respondent - Jurisdiction of court to direct Registrar to register respondent as proprietor of mark. Trade Marks Act 1955, ss.44(1), 50, 51, 115A. Jefferjee v. Scarlett (1937) 57 CLR 115 Imagic Inc v. Futuretronics (Aust) Pty Ltd (1983) 51 ALR 122 "Zoppas" Trade Mark [1965] RPC 381 Ex parte Kingsford & Son (1889) 61 LT 426 Re The Australian Wine Co Ltd (1889) 61 LT 427n Lincoln Industries Ltd v. Wham-O-Manufacturing Co (1984) 3 IPR 115 Aquaculture Corp v. New Zealand Green Mussel Co Ltd (No 2) (1986) 10 IPR 319 FIGGINS HOLDINGS PTY LTD v THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS and DR ING. HERBERT FUNCK and DR KLAUS MAERTENS VG 258 of 1992 COURT: Sundberg J PLACE: Melbourne DATE: 14 August 1995

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No VG 258 of 1992 GENERAL DIVISION ) BETWEEN: FIGGINS HOLDINGS PTY LTD Applicant AND: THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS First Respondent AND: DR ING. HERBERT FUNCK and DR KLAUS MAERTENS Second and Third Respondents COURT: Sundberg J DATE: 14 August 1995 PLACE: Melbourne MINUTES OF ORDER The Court orders that the Registrar of Trade Marks be directed to register the trade mark "Dr. Maertens" (application number B400023) in the names of the second and third respondents. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.