S.P.I. Spirits (Cyprus) Ltd v Diageo Australia Ltd (No. 5) [2007] FCA 1036

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

S.P.I. Spirits (Cyprus) Ltd v Diageo Australia Ltd (No. 5) [2007] FCA 1036

Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 44, 88, 117, 118, 120 Freedom of Information Act 1983 (Cth) Federal Court Rules O 10 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208CLR 199 cited Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 229 ALR 457 applied Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618applied Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd v Plumbers and Gasfitters Employees' Union (1987) 15 FCR 31 applied Kevlacat Pty Ltd v Trailcraft Marine Pty Ltd (1987) 79 ALR 534applied Mark Foys Ltd v Davies Coop & Co Ltd (1956) 95 CLR 190cited OD Transport Pty Ltd v Western Australian Government Railways Commission (1986) 13 FCR 270 applied Springdale Comfort Pty Ltd v Electrical Trades Union of Workers (1986) ATPR 40-694 applied S.P.I. SPIRITS (CYPRUS) LIMITED AND SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL N.V. v DIAGEO AUSTRALIA LIMITED AND FEDERAL TREASURY ENTERPRISE (FKP) SOJUZPLODOIMPORT; FEDERAL TREASURY ENTERPRISE (FKP) SOJUZPLODOIMPORT AND STATE FEDERAL UNITARY ENTERPRISE EXTERNAL ECONOMIC UNION SOJUZPLODOIMPORT (FGUP) (VO) v SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL N.V. AND DIAGEO AUSTRALIA LIMITED NSD 1816 OF 2004

EDMONDS J

11 JULY 2007

SYDNEY

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 1816 OF 2004

BETWEEN: S.P.I. SPIRITS (CYPRUS) LIMITED

AND: First Applicant

SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL N.V.

Second Applicant

DIAGEO AUSTRALIA LIMITED

First Respondent

FEDERAL TREASURY ENTERPRISE (FKP) SOJUZPLODOIMPORT

Second Respondent

AND BETWEEN: FEDERAL TREASURY ENTERPRISE (FKP) SOJUZPLODOIMPORT

AND First Cross-Claimant

STATE FEDERAL UNITARY ENTERPRISE EXTERNAL ECONOMIC UNION SOJUZPLODOIMPORT (FGUP) (VO)