Apand Pty Ltd v Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 483

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Apand Pty Ltd v Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 483 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – passing off – account of profits – trading profits – allocation of overhead costs – deducted from gross profit – method of allocating overhead expenses – capital profit – whether capital profit recoverable as an account of profit. Dart Industries Inc v Décor Corporation Pty Ltd (1993) 179 CLR 101 considered Colbeam Palmer Ltd v Stock Affiliates Pty Ltd (1968) 122 CLR 25 considered Schnadig Corp. v Gaines Mfg. Co., Inc. (1980) 620 F. 2d 1166 considered My Kinda Town Ltd v Soll [1983] RPC 15 considered Potton Ltd v Yorkclose Ltd [1989] 17 FSR 11 considered Sheldon v Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 309 U.S. 390 (1940) considered Warman International Ltd v Dwyer (1995) 182 CLR 544 considered Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Slater Holdings Ltd (1984) 156 CLR cited Brandt v W G Tatham Pty Ltd (1965) NSWR 126 cited Duplate Corp v Triplex Safety Glass Co (1936) 298 US 448 cited Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 cited Marks v GIO (1998) 158 ALR 333 cited McLaurin v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1960) 104 CLR 381 cited Colburn v Simms (1943) 2 Hare 43, 67 ER 224 cited

APAND PTY LIMITED (formerly CCA SNACK FOODS PTY LIMITED) ACN 000 398 514 v THE KETTLE CHIP COMPANY PTY LIMITED (in liquidation) (now known as ACN 003 655 132 PTY LIMITED) and ASSOCIATED PRODUCTS AND DISTRIBUTION PTY LIMITED ACN 008 449 194 v THE KETTLE CHIP COMPANY PTY LIMITED (in liquidation) (now known as ACN 003 655 132 PTY LIMITED)

NG 729 OF 1998

JUDGES: BEAUMONT, HEEREY & EMMETT JJ.

DATE: 23 APRIL 1999

PLACE: SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 729 OF 1998

ON APPEAL FROM A SINGLE JUDGE OF THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

BETWEEN: APAND PTY LIMITED (formerly CCA SNACK FOODS PTY LIMITED) ACN 000 398 514