Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Malibu Boats West, Inc v Catanese [2000] FCA 1141
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – trade marks – foreign mark – refusal to register – appeal from Registrar – nature of appeal – right of Registrar to appear on appeal – evidence on appeal – proprietorship – use in Australia – use by advertisement – abandonment Federal Court Rules O 58 rr 3, 8 Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) ss 6(1), 51, 53, 115, 115A Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 196, 241 A & F Pears Ltd v Pearson Soap Company Ltd (1925) 37 CLR 340 followed Agatha Diffusion SRL v Cozzolino (1998) 43 IPR 436 approved Aston v Harlee Manufacturing Co (1960) 103 CLR 391 applied Blackadder v Good Roads Machinery Co Inc (1926) 38 CLR 332 cited Commissioner of Taxation v Finn (1960) 103 CLR 165 cited Country Traders Distributors Ltd and the Companies Act, Re [1974] 2 NSWLR 135 cited Eclipse Sleep Products Inc v The Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 300 followed Elle Trade Marks [1997] FSR 529 cited Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Lewis Berger & Sons (Aust) Ltd (1927) 39 CLR 468 cited Flagstaff Investments Pty Ltd v Guess ? Inc (1989) 16 IPR 311 approved Hudson's Trade Marks, In Re (1886) 32 ChD 311 applied Jafferjee v Scarlett (1937) 57 CLR 115 followed Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corporation v Reynolds Metal Co (1969) 120 CLR 136 referred to Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (No 2) (1984) 156 CLR 414 applied Mouson & Co v Boehm (1884) 26 Ch D 398 applied Nissan Motor Co (Australia) Pty Ltd v Vector Aeromotive Corporation (1993) 27 IPR 296 approved Rael Marcus v Sabra International Pty Ltd (1995) 30 IPR 261 cited Registered Trade Mark "Yanx", Re; Ex parte Amalgamated Tobacco Corporation Ltd (1951) 82 CLR 199 applied Registrar of Trade Marks v Muller (1980) 144 CLR 37 applied Riv-Oland Marble Co (Vic) Pty Ltd v Settef SpA (1988) 19 FCR 569 considered Settef SpA v Riv-Oland Marble Co (Vic) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 IPR 402 followed Seven-Up Co v O T Ltd (1947) 75 CLR 203 applied Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Rohm & Haas Co (1949) 78 CLR 601 applied Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 applied Stylesetter International Co Pty Ltd v Le Sportsac Inc (1989) 17 IPR 59 approved MALIBU BOATS WEST, INC v SAM CATANESE VG 672 of 1997 JUDGE: FINKELSTEIN J DATE: 18 AUGUST 2000 PLACE: MELBOURNE
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