Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Organic Marketing Australia Pty Limited v Woolworths Limited [2011] FCA 279 Citation: Organic Marketing Australia Pty Limited v Woolworths Limited [2011] FCA 279
Parties: ORGANIC MARKETING AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (ACN 098 168 202) and PURPLEBASS PTY LTD AS TRUSTEE OF THE WARD FAMILY TRUST (ACN 118 335 907) v WOOLWORTHS LIMITED (ACN 000 014 675)
File number(s): NSD 303 of 2011
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 25 March 2011
Catchwords: INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION – serious question to be tried – balance of convenience TRADE MARKS – infringement – registered composite mark – sign – use as a trade mark – ordinary English expression – whether descriptive only – whether deceptively similar to registered mark
Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 17, 41, 92(4)(b), 120, 126 and 191 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 ss 18, 29, 232 and 236
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Beecham Group Laboratories Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 Instyle Contract Textiles Pty Limited v Good Environmental Choice Services Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2010] FCA 38 Davis v Commonwealth (1988) 166 CLR 79 Nature's Blend Pty Ltd v NestlÉ Australia Ltd (2010) 272 ALR 487 Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths [1999] 93 FCR 365 Optical 88 Limited v Optical 88 Pty Limited (No. 2) [2010] FCA 1380 de Cordova v Vick Chemical Company (1951) 68 RPC 103 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 144 Virgin Enterprises Ltd v Virgin Home Loans Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1175 Interpharma Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2008) 79 IPR 261 Caravelle Investments v Martaban (1999) 95 FCR 85
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