Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ricegrowers Ltd v Real Foods Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 639
TRADE AND COMMERCE – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – consumer protection – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52 – whether conduct in trade or commerce misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive – effect of representation considered by reference to reaction of ordinary reasonable consumer – significance of colour of packaging to convey flavour – whether packaging on two parties' products noticeably different INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – passing off – whether goodwill of applicant injured by conduct of respondent – whether respondent falsely represented that the goods were the applicant's or were associated with it – whether respondents intended to convey relevant representation – relevance of descriptive words in trade name – relevance of need for applicant to establish exclusive reputation
Held: Application dismissed
WORDS AND PHRASES – "conduct that is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive", "passing off", "ordinary reasonable consumer"
Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 52, 53(a)
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