Global Brand Marketing Inc v Cube Footwear Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 852

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Global Brand Marketing Inc v Cube Footwear Pty Ltd [2005] FCA 852 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application to amend pleading – trade mark infringement – whether trade mark claim is arguable – whether manufacture of goods constitutes infringing use.

Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth): ss 10, 120(1) Federal Court Rules: O 20 r 2

Hunter Douglas Australia Pty Ltd v Perma Blinds (1970) 122 CLR 49, cited Advanced Switching Services Pty Limited v State Bank of New South Wales t/as Colonial State Bank (2001) ATPR 41‑848, applied General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125, applied Spotwire Pty Limited v Visa International Services Inc (2003) ATPR 41‑949, cited The Shell Company of Australia Limited v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Limited (1963) 109 CLR 407, applied MID Sydney Pty Ltd v Australian Tourism Co Ltd and Ors (1998) 90 FCR 236, cited Fraser Henleins Pty Ltd v Cody (1945) 70 CLR 100, cited Ex parte O'Sullivan; Re Craig (1944) 44 SR (NSW) 291, cited Polaroid Corporation v Sole N Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 491, cited Southern Cross Refrigerating Company v Toowoomba Foundry Proprietary Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592, cited Levi Strauss & Co v Wingate Marketing Pty Limited (1993) 43 FCR 344, cited Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365, cited de Cordova v Vick Chemical Coy (1951) 68 RPC 103, considered Powell v Glow Zone Products Pty Ltd (1997) 39 IPR 506, considered BP Plc v Woolworths Ltd ((2004) 62 IPR 545, considered Coca‑Cola Company v All‑Fect Distributors Ltd (1999) 96 FCR 107, considered Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 91 FCR 167, considered Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 100 FCR 90, considered

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