Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
JLCS Pty Ltd v Squires Loft City Steakhouse Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 867
CONTRACT – licence of trade mark – non derogation from grant – independent rule of law not an implied term – not confined to dealings in land – applied to trade mark licence so as not to frustrate that licence CONTRACT – implied term – restraining applicant from operating or allowing or permitting another to operate restaurant using a particular trade mark in proximity to respondent's restaurant PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – declaration – whether declaration should be amended TRADE MARK – licence to use trade mark to operate a restaurant – whether change in ownership avoids licence – meaning of 'operate'
BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 226 British Leyland Motor Co Ltd v Armstrong Patents Co Ltd [1986] 1 AC 577 Cable v Bryant [1908] 1 Ch 259 Harmer v Jumbil (Nigeria) Areas Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 200 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Johnston & Sons Ltd v Holland [1988] 1 EGLR 264 Miller v JLCS Pty Ltd (2007) 158 FCR 1 Molton Builders Ltd v City of Westminster London Borough Council (1975) 30 P&CR 182 North-Eastern Railway Co v Elliott (1861) J&H 145 Woodhouse & Co Ltd v Kirkland (Derby) Ltd [1970] 1 WLR 1185 Vylene Enterprises Inc, In re 90 F 3d 1472, 1477 (9th Cir 1996) JLCS PTY LTD v SQUIRES LOFT CITY STEAKHOUSE PTY LTD
VID 1220 of 2007
FINKELSTEIN J
12 JUNE 2008
MELBOURNE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 1220 of 2007
BETWEEN: JLCS PTY LTD
Applicant
AND: SQUIRES LOFT CITY STEAKHOUSE PTY LTD
Respondent
AND: SQUIRES LOFT CITY STEAKHOUSE PTY LTD
SAUL MILLER
HAROLD MILLER
Cross-Claimants
AND: JLCS PTY LTD
CITY GRILL ROOM PTY LTD
LIONEL DAVID MILLER
JOEL MARTIN DISTILLER
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