The Kettle Chip Company Pty Ltd v Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [1995] FCA 842

CATCHWORDS TRADE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES - registered trade mark "KETTLE" in relation to potato chips - use by respondent in expression "KETTLE COOKED POTATO CHIPS" on front of packets of potato chips manufactured by it - whether trade mark use or descriptive use - use of word to suggest qualities of texture and taste distinctive of goods manufactured by registered proprietor of trade mark. Trade Marks Act 1955, ss 6, 58, 62, 64. Mark Foy's Ltd v Davies Coop & Company Ltd (1950) 95 CLR 190 Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 The Shell Company of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 Polaroid Corporation v Sole N Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 491 James Watt Constructions Pty Ltd v Circle-E Pty Ltd [1970] 3 NSWR 481 Berzins Specialty Bakeries Pty Ltd v Monty's Continental Bakery (Vic) Pty Ltd (1987) 15 FCR 402 Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton Ltd v Nicholson & Sons Ltd (1931) 49 RPC 88 J B Stone & Co Ltd v Steelace Manufacturing Co Ltd (1929) 46 RPC 406 Wingate Marketing Pty Ltd v Levi Strauss & Co (1994) 49 FCR 89 THE KETTLE CHIP COMPANY PTY LIMITED v PEPSICO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD & ANOR No NG 194 of 1995 Lindgren J Sydney 24 October 1995

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY) No NG 194 of 1995 GENERAL DIVISION ) BETWEEN: THE KETTLE CHIP COMPANY PTY LIMITED (ACN 003 655 132) Applicant AND: PEPSICO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 000 674 993) First Respondent PFI AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (ACN 054 045 662) Second Respondent (First and Second Respondents trading as FRITO-LAY AUSTRALIA) CORAM: Lindgren J PLACE: Sydney DATE: 24 October 1995