Melhero Pty Ltd & Anor v Club X Pty Ltd & Ors [1997] FCA 118

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) ) NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY ) No. NG963 of 1995 ) GENERAL DIVISION ) BETWEEN: MELHERO PTY LIMITED First applicant MITCHELL PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED Second applicant AND CLUB X PTY LIMITED First respondent WALTER DELL PTY LIMITED Second respondent ASHWOOD WAY PTY LIMITED Third respondent SHAFT THEATRES PTY LIMITED Fourth respondent SILKEN HALL PTY LIMITED Fifth respondent TEXAS PARK PTY LIMITED Sixth respondent AND BETWEEN: WALTER DELL PTY LIMITED First cross-claimant ASHWOOD WAY PTY LIMITED Second cross-claimant AND MELHERO PTY LIMITED First cross-respondent MITCHELL PRODUCTS PTY LIMITED Second cross-respondent CORAM: BEAUMONT J. DATE: 20 JANUARY 1997 CORRIGENDA Page 93, paragraph 3, line 1, has been amended by deleting the words "misleading or deceptive" and inserting the words "likely to deceive".

CATCHWORDS TRADE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES - Trade Marks Act 1955 and Trade Marks Act 1995 - infringement, passing off - whether conduct in contravention of s.52 Trade Practices Act 1974 - rectification of the Register. Nike International Limited v. United Pharmaceutical Industries (Aust.) Pty Limited (1996) 35 IPR 385. Ritz Hotel Limited v. Charles of the Ritz Limited (1988) 12 IPR 417 Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. Thermopart Pty Limited (1967) 1A IPR 647 Caterpillar Loading Hire (Holding) Pty Limited v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (1983 48 ALR 511 Re Trade Mark "Thunderbird" (1974) 48 ALJR 456 Southern Cross Refrigeration Co. v. Toowoomba Foundry Pty Limited (1954) 91 CLR 592 Carnival Cruise Lines Inc. (1994) 120 ALR 495 Top Heavy Pty Limited v. Killin (1996) 34 IPR 282 Canon v. Brook (1996 36 IPR 88 MELHERO PTY LIMITED & ANOR v. CLUB X PTY LIMITED & ORS No. NG963 of 1995 BEAUMONT J. SYDNEY 20 JANUARY 1997