Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA TRADE MARKS – Infringement – registered trade marks – "Coke" – "Coca-Cola" – Coca-Cola contour bottle – whether confectionary in the shape of the Coca-Cola contour bottle with "Cola" inscribed on it constitutes infringement of the registered trade marks – whether marketing and sale of the confectionary constitutes "use" of a trade mark – whether confectionary deceptively similar to any of the three registered marks – whether the confectionary is likely to be taken by consumers as indicating a connection with the proprietor of the marks
TRADE PRACTICES – Passing off – whether marketing and sale of the confectionary misrepresents the existence of a connection with the applicant Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 120(1), 120(2) and 120(3) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53(c) and 53(d) Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F S Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 – cited
Mid Sydney Pty Ltd v Australian Tourism Company Ltd (1998) 40 IPR 20 – cited Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1953) 91 CLR 592 – cited
Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd v Kettle Chips Co Pty Ltd (1996) 33 IPR 161 – cited Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 – cited Mark Foys Ltd v Davies Coop & Co Ltd (1956) 95 CLR 190 – cited Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 – cited Re Coca-Cola Trade Marks [1986] RPC 421 – cited Smith, Kline and French Laboratories (Aust) Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (1967) 116 CLR 628 – cited McIlhenny Co v Blue Yonder Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) IPR 187 – considered Nike Inc v "Just Did It" Enterprises 6 F.3d 1225 (7th Cir. 1993) – considered Haig & Haig Ltd v Maradel Products Inc 249 F.Supp. 575 (S.D.N.Y. 1966) – considered
THE COCA-COLA COMPANY v ALL-FECT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED TRADING AS MILLERS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY VG 50 OF 1998 JUDGE: MERKEL J PLACE: MELBOURNE DATE: 18 DECEMBER 1998
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