Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v Toea Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1443

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Louis Vuitton Malletier SA v Toea Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 1443

TRADEMARKS – infringement of trademark – sale of counterfeit goods at a market – duty of operator of a market to prevent infringements by stallholders

TORTS – joint tortfeasors – liability – common design or purpose – whether a common design or purpose existed – whether operator of a market is a joint tortfeasor in the acts of a stallholder

Trademarks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 120, 125, 126, 150, Pt 14 Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) s 5 Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 36

Sun Valley Dried Fruit Pty Ltd v Toea & Rosenlund (BS 9418/2004)cited The "Koursk" [1924] P 140 considered CBS Songs Limited v Amstrad Consumer Electronics PLC [1988] 1 AC 1013considered Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 574 applied Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Export Credit Guarantee Department [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 19considered Unilever PLC v Gillette (UK) Ltd [1989] RPC 583referred to University of New South Wales v Moorhouse (1974-1975) 133 CLR 1considered Australian Tape Manufacturers Association Ltd v The Commonwealth (1993) 67 ALJR 315 cited

Clerk and Lindsell on Torts, 7th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1921 Kerly's Law of Trademarks and Trade Names' 14th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2005

LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER SA v TOEA PTY LTD (ACN 010 120 966) AND JOHN MICHAEL ROSENLUND VID 587 OF 2005

DOWSETT J

7 NOVEMBER 2006

SYDNEY VIA VIDEO LINK TO BRISBANE (HEARD IN BRISBANE)

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 587 OF 2005

BETWEEN: LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER SA

Applicant

AND: TOEA PTY LTD (ACN 010 120 966)

First Respondent

JOHN MICHAEL ROSENLUND

Second Respondent

JUDGE: DOWSETT J DATE OF ORDER: 7 NOVEMBER 2006

WHERE MADE: SYDNEY VIA VIDEO LINK TO BRISBANE