Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 70
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Passing Off – Misleading or Deceptive Conduct – Whether reputation in jurisdiction– Whether real possibility of deception – Descriptive name – Distinctive secondary meaning required – Attributes of class or classes to whom representation made – Relevance of erroneous assumption – Doctrine of instruments of deception.
Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s44A. Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52.
Angelides v James Stedman Hendersons Sweets Ltd (1927) 40 CLR 43 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F S Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 British Telecommunications plc v One in a Million Ltd (1998) 42 IPR 289 Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Pub Squash Co Pty Ltd (1980) 55 ALJR 333 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Limited (2000) 202 CLR 45 Colbeam Palmer Ltd v Stock Affiliates Pty Ltd (1968) 122 CLR 25 Conagra Inc v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 33 FCR 302 Douglas Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Nutripharm New Zealand Ltd(1997) 42 IPR 407 Hornsby Building Information Centre Pty Ltd v Sydney Building Information Centre Ltd (1978) 140 CLR 216 Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd (No 2) [2006] FCA 192 Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd (No 3) [2006] FCA 193 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 191 Taco Company of Australia Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177 Turner v General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd (1929) 42 CLR 352
ANDREW KNIGHT v BEYOND PROPERTIES PTY LTD, BEYOND INTERNATIONAL LTD, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC, THE SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE CORPORATION, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD AND BEYOND PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD NSD 131 OF 2005
BUCHANAN J
8 fEBRUARY 2007
SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 131 OF 2005
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