Brodel v Telstra Corporation [2004] FCA 505

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

John Brodel v Telstra Corporation [2004] FCA 505 practice and procedure – application to review decision of Registrar – motion for summary judgment – whether proceeding discloses no reasonable cause of action – application refused Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 35A Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), ss 32(1), 134 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), ss 20, 120 Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic), s 5(1) Federal Court Rules, O 20, r 2 Re Kwiatek and Kwiatek; Ex parte Big J Ltd v Pattison (1989) 21 FCR 374 followed Martin v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2001] FCA 87 applied Cottrell v Wilcox [2001] FCA 866 applied General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 applied Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 applied Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 applied Francis Day and Hunter Ltd v Twentieth Century Fox Corporation Ltd [1940] AC 112 considered Exxon Corporation v Exxon Insurance Consultants International Ltd [1982] Ch 119 considered Green v Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (1983) 2 IPR 191 considered Sullivan v FNH Investments Pty Ltd (2003) 57 IPR 63 considered Brodel v Farnsworth (unreported, Finkelstein J, 1 August 2003) considered ConAgra Inc v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 33 FCR 302 referred to Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Pub Squash Co Pty Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 851 referred to JOHN BRODEL v TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED ABN 33 051 77 V 615 of 2003

KENNY J 26 APRIL 2004 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V615 OF 2003

BETWEEN: JOHN BRODEL

APPLICANT

AND: TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED ABN 33 051 77

RESPONDENT

JUDGE: KENNY J

DATE OF ORDER: 26 APRIL 2004

WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application to review the decision of the Registrar made 17 December 2003 be refused. 2. The proceeding be dismissed pursuant to O 20 r 2 of the Federal Court Rules. 3. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceeding, including the costs of the motion before the Registrar and the costs of the application to review the decision of the Registrar. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.