Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
McCorquodale v Masterson [2004] FCA 1247
TRADE MARKS – opposition – whether a likelihood of deception or confusion because of connotation in the impugned mark– Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 43 WORDS AND PHRASES – "connotation" Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 33, 34, 41, 43, 44, 52, 53, 56, 58, 60 Executors of the Estate of Diana, Princess of Wales (Deceased) v Masterson (2001) 52 IPR 264 referred to TGI Friday's Australia Pty Ltd v TGI Friday's Inc (2000) 100 FCR 358 cited Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365 cited Radio Corporation Pty Ltd v Disney (1937) 57 CLR 448 discussed Sabrina Trade Mark (1959) 29 AOJP 1988 discussed Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Aust) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 referred to Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 referred to ConAgra Inc v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 33 FCR 302 referred to Carnival Cruise Lines Inc v Sitmar Cruises Ltd (1994) 31 IPR 375 referred to Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 cited Blount Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1998) 83 FCR 50 cited Torpedoes Sportswear Pty Limited v Thorpedo Enterprises Pty Limited (2003) AIPC 91-919 cited Lomas v Winton Shire Council (2003) AIPC 91-839 cited Down to Earth (Victoria) Co-operative Society Ltd v Schmidt (1998) 41 IPR 632 referred to In re Ferguson and Company's Trade Mark (1903) 29 VLR 331 cited WD & HO Wills (Australia) Ltd's Application (1922) 17 AOJP 2 referred to Sniders and Abrahams Pty Ltd's Application (1920) 15 AOJP 814 referred to "Treasury" Trade Mark [1973] RPC 551 referred to Saxon-Lee's Application (1928) 23 AOJP 580 referred to Balmoral Textile Mills' Application (1954) 24 AOJP 2131 referred to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp v South Australian Brewing Co Ltd (1996) 34 IPR 225 cited Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co v Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 453 considered Tobacco Company (of Great Britain and Ireland) Ltd's Trade Marks (1905) 32 RPC 361 considered Elvis Presley Trade Marks [1999] RPC 567 distinguished Trebor Sharps Limited's Application [1970] RPC 212referred to The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed, 1989) SARAH MCCORQUODALE, RICHARD JOHN CAREW CHARTRES, THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FUND v BONNIE MASTERSON V 675 of 2001 KENNY J 24 SEPTEMBER 2004 MELBOURNE
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