Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1225

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1225 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – trade marks – infringement – trade mark use – whether device, similar to registered trade mark of applicant and used by respondent on packaging and advertisements of its product, used as a trade mark COSTS – causes of action pursued for infringement of registered trade mark, infringement of registered design, infringement of Trade Practices Act 1974(Cth) and passing off – respondent successful on each cause of action – appropriate award as to costs, having regard to undertakings given by respondent at interlocutory stage of proceeding and findings adverse to respondent in final judgment as to conscious derivation of allegedly infringing design from registered design WORDS AND PHRASES – "uses as a trade mark" Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43 Federal Court Rules O 62 r 36 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Association (Inc) (1986) ATPR 40‑748 cited Cummings v Lewis (1993) 41 FCR 559 cited Inn Leisure Industries Pty Ltd v D F McCloy Pty Ltd (1991) 28 FCR 172 referred to Patent Gesellschaft AG v Saudi Livestock Transport and Trading Company (1996) 33 IPR 461 referred to Philips Electronics N.V. v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (1998) 39 IPR 283 referred to

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. AND PHILIPS ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA LIMITED v REMINGTON PRODUCTS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED AND REMINGTON PRODUCTS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED AND KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V. AND PHILIPS ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA LIMITED

NG 637 OF 1997

LEHANE J 6 SEPTEMBER 1999 SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NG 637 OF 1997

BETWEEN: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.

First Applicant

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA LIMITED