Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Specsavers Pty Limited v The Optical Superstore Pty Limited [2010] FCA 1446 Citation: Specsavers Pty Limited v The Optical Superstore Pty Limited [2010] FCA 1446
Parties: SPECSAVERS PTY LIMITED (ACN 097 147 932) v THE OPTICAL SUPERSTORE PTY LIMITED (ACN 095 737 894)
File number: NSD 251 of 2010
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 22 December 2010
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – misleading and deceptive conduct – comparative advertising – whether corrective advertising appropriate
Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 52, 53(e), 80
Cases cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Boost Tel Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 701 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v On Clinic Australia Pty Ltd (1996) 35 IPR 635 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (HL) Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45, [2000] HCA 12 Gillette Australia Pty Ltd v Energizer Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 193 ALR 629, [2002] FCAFC 223 Global Sportsman Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspaper Ltd (1984) 2 FCR 82 Hornsby Building Information Centre Pty Ltd v Sydney Building Information Centre Ltd (1978) 140 CLR 216 Janssen Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd v Pfizer Pty Ltd (1985) 6 IPR 227 Luxottica Retail Australia Pty Ltd v Specsavers Pty Ltd (2010) 267 ALR 721, [2010] FCA 423 Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd v Cassidy (2003) 205 ALR 402, [2003] FCAFC 289 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 191 Puxu Pty Ltd v Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd (1980) 31 ALR 73 S & I Publishing Pty Ltd v Australian Surf Life Saver Pty Ltd (1998) 88 FCR 354 Specsavers Pty Ltd v The Optical Superstore Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 566 Taco Company of Australia Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177
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