Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australian Chinese Newspapers Pty Ltd v Melbourne Chinese Press Pty Ltd & Anor [2003] FCA 878
TRADE MARKS – competing Chinese language newspapers – Chinee characters in fonts comprising part of mastheads of competing newspapers – expert evidence as to Chinese calligraphy – evidence of actual deception of newspaper buyers. COPYRIGHT – same competing Chinese language newspapers – same fonts of mastheads in competing newspapers – whether artistic work involved – whether original author assigned copyright to applicant – whether sufficient degree of objective similarity – whether substantial part taken.
Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 10, 17 and 120(1) Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 10, 14(1), 31(1)(a)(i), 196(2) London Printing and Publishing Alliance Ltd v Cox [1891] 3 Ch 291 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F S Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 S W Hart & Co Pty Ltd v Edwards Hot Water Systems (1984-1985) 159 CLR 466 Dixon Investment Pty Ltd v Hall (1990) 18 IPR 490 Designer Guild Ltd v Russell Williams (Textiles) Ltd [2000] 1 WLR 2416 Merchandising Corp of America Inc v Harpbond [1983] FSR 32 Express Newspapers v News (UK) Ltd (1980) 18 IPR 201 London Printing and Publishing alliance Ltd v Cox (1891) 3 Ch 291 Corelli v Gray (1913) 29 TLR 570 Shell Company of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 Top Heavy Pty Ltd v Killin (1996) 34 IPR 282
P Loughlan, Intellectual Property Creative and Marketing Rights, LBC Information Services Sydney, 1998 AUSTRALIAN CHINESE NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD v MELBOURNE CHINESE PRESS PTY LTD AND CHINESE TIMES NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD N 0009 OF 2001 CONTI J 22 AUGUST 2003 SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 0009 OF 2001
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIAN CHINESE NEWSPAPERS PTY LTD
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