Foxtel Management Pty Ltd v Australian Video Retailers Association Limited [2004] FCA 1613

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Foxtel Management Pty Ltd v Australian Video Retailers Association Limited[2004] FCA 1613 TRADE PRACTICES – one party provider of pay television services – other party corporate representative of DVD/video store proprietors whereof the latter are members – introduction of new digital technology for pay television and its implications in terms of comparative advertising of the litigants – opposing claims of misleading and deceptive conduct by way of promotional material claims – modern advertising techniques including websites – implications of each conflicting party's promotional materials – appropriate remedies for respective litigating parties – remedies granted in favour of both litigating parties Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53(c), 53(e) and 163A Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661 referred to Hornsby Building Information Centre Pty Ltd v Sydney Building Information Centre Ltd (1978) 140 CLR 216 referred to Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 191 referred to Puxu Pty Ltd v Parkdale Custom Furniture Pty Ltd (1980) 31 ALR 73 referred to Heidelberg Graphics Equipment Limited v Andrew Knox & Associates Pty Limited and Others (1994) ATPR 41-326 referred to Taco Company of Australian Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177 referred to Red Bull Australia Pty Ltd v Sydneywide Distributors Pty Ltd (2002) 53 IPR 481 referred to Telstra Corporation Limited v Optus Communications Pty Ltd (1996) 36 IPR 515 referred to Equity Access Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1990) 16 IPR 431 referred to Global Sportsman Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspapers Pty Ltd (1984) 2 FCR 82 referred to Campomar Sociedad Limitado v Nike International Limited (2000) 202 CLR 45 applied Sterling Winthrop Pty Ltd v R & C Products Pty Ltd (1994) ATPR 41-308 referred to Lumley Life Ltd v Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Victoria Friendly Society (1989) 16 IPR 316 referred to Duracell Australia Pty Ltd v Union Carbide Australia Ltd (1988) 14 IPR 293 referred to Hoover (Aust) Pty Ltd v Email Ltd (1991) 104 ALR 369 referred to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation v The South Australian Brewery Co Ltd (1996) 66 FCR 451 referred to Truth About Motorways Pty Limited v Macquarie Infrastructure Investment Management Limited (1999) 200 CLR 591 applied Stuart Alexander & Co (Interstate) Pty Ltd v Blenders Pty Ltd (1981) 37 ALR 161 referred to Colgate Palmolive Pty Ltd v Rexona Pty Ltd (1982) 58 FLR 391 referred to referred to Gillette Australia Pty Ltd v Energizer Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 193 ALR 629 referred to FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED v AUSTRALIAN VIDEO RETAILERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN VIDEO RETAILERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED AND FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED N 1054 OF 2004 CONTI J 8 DECEMBER 2004 SYDNEY