Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc. v Farley (No 2) [2009] FCA 256

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Deckers Outdoor Corporation Inc. v Farley (No 2) [2009] FCA 256

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for summary judgment made under s 31A of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – whether defences had no reasonable prospects of success – defences to allegation of trade mark infringement could not succeed – defences to allegations of copyright infringement, passing off, and contraventions of the Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) and the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) raised questions of fact to be determined at trial – application successful in part. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY– whether marks appearing on the Respondents' products were deceptively similar to the Applicant's trade mark – whether cancellation of registered trade mark under s 88 of the Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) could operate retrospectively.

Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) ss 14, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 74, 77(2) and 115(4) Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) ss 9 and 12 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 31A Trade Marks Act 1955 (Cth) ss 10, 20, 88, 120(1) and 228 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52 and 53 Australian Consolidated Press Ltd v Morgan (1965) 112 CLR 483 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Reid [2005] FCA 1275 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v F.S. Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd (2007) 159 FCR 397 Crazy Ron's Communications Pty Ltd v Mobileworld Communications Pty Ltd (2004) 209 ALR 1 De Cordova v Vick Chemical Co. (1951) 68 RPC 103 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 E. & J. Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Pty Limited (No 2) (2008) 78 IPR 334 EOS Australia Pty Ltd v Expo Tomei Pty Ltd (1998) 42 IPR 277 Faessler v Neale (1994) 29 IPR 1 Fortron Automotive Treatments Pty Ltd v Jones (No 2) [2006] FCA 1401 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Jefferson Ford Pty Ltd v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd (2008) 167 FCR 372 Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co v Hy-Line Chicks Pty Ltd [1979] RPC 410 PZ Cussons (International) Ltd v Rosa Dora Imports Pty Ltd (2007) 74 IPR 372 Reckitt and Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc (1990) 17 IPR 1 Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd (1999) 93 FCR 365 Re Rysta Ltd's Application (1943) 60 RPC 87 Roland Corporation v Lorenzo & Sons Pty Ltd (1991) 33 FCR 111 Second Sight Ltd v Novell UK Ltd [1995] RPC 423 Siminton v Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (2006) 152 FCR 483 Sports Break Travel Pty Ltd v P & O Holidays Ltd (2000) 50 IPR 51 Sydneywide Distributors Pty Ltd v Red Bull Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 55 IPR 354 TGI Friday's Australia Pty Ltd v TGI Friday's Inc (1999) 45 IPR 43 The Polo/Lauren Company LP v Ziliani Holdings Pty Ltd (2008) 75 IPR 143 Vieright Pty Ltd v Myer Stores Ltd (1995) 31 IPR 361 White Industries Aust Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (2007) 160 FCR 298 Wingate Marketing Pty Limited v Levi Strauss & Co (1994) 49 FCR 89 DECKERS OUTDOOR CORPORATION INC. v LEAH JANE FARLEY, DUSIA PTY LTD ACN 119 500 186, LEONID MYKHALOVSKYI, HEPBOURNE PTY LTD ACN 080 453 247, VLADIMIR VAYSMAN, JOSEF VAYSMAN, POLINA VAYSMAN, MILLHOUSE PTY LTD ACN 111 765 505, DIANNE SOMMER, SANDY HAZENDONK, HGU PTY LTD ACN 121 922 754, FEDIA PTY LTD ACN 119 500 444, TASKINC PTY LTD ACN 121 919 926, OTK INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD ACN 119 498 001, GIHAN EZZAT, JOANNE STRICKLAND, VERNON PTY LTD ACN 123 047 138, RASTOV PTY LTD ACN 119 498 547, VICTORIA VAYSMAN, OLIVER DOEDERLEIN, MARGARIT PEDROTTI AND SAMBA ENTERPRISES PTY LTD ACN 111 968 935