GM Holden Ltd v Paine [2011] FCA 569

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

GM Holden Ltd v Paine [2011] FCA 569 Citation: GM Holden Ltd v Paine [2011] FCA 569

Parties: GM HOLDEN LTD (ACN 006 893 232), GENERAL MOTORS LLC and GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC v DARREN PAINE, KIT WHEEL & TYRE PTY LTD (ACN 130 334 548), RICKY WAI CHU, TYRES FOR LESS PTY LTD (ACN 119 126 653), SAMUEL ELLIOTT LEWIN, BSA WHEELS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 103 714 076), MICKY WU, TALEB TYRES (AUST) PTY LIMITED (ACN 107 451 794), AHMED TALEB, MOHAMED TALEB, GALLOP TRADING PTY LTD (ACN 093 740 535), MIN CHAO WU, YI FEI FENG, IB INTERNATIONAL TRADING PTY LTD (ACN 125 489 161), GUO YUAN YANG, A PERSON KNOWN AND IDENTIFIED BY THE FIFTH RESPONDENT AS "FRANK", WORK WHEELS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 137 424 269), YOESOEF FIRDAUS, HELEN SETYANINGSIH, ZUMBO WHEELS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 133 316 104), IGOR POCEV, WEICHUN CHEN, WEIZHEN CHEN and YI SHU

File number: VID 629 of 2010

Judge: GORDON J

Date of judgment: 30 May 2011

Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – stay of proceeding against company in liquidation – s 500(2) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – trade marks – registered designs – advertisement, purchase and sale of allegedly infringing goods – whether allegedly infringing trade marks or designs substantially identical with or deceptively similar in overall impression to registered trade marks and designs – whether infringement made out in the circumstances – insufficient evidence to support finding of design infringement where allegedly infringing product not available for comparison with registered design – ss 20, 120, 126 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) – ss 71, 75 Designs Act 2003 (Cth) TRADE PRACTICES – passing off – misleading or deceptive conduct – whether made out in the circumstances – Joint tortfeasors – ss 52, 53, 75B, 80, 82 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) – ss 42, 44 Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) DAMAGES – compensatory damages – exemplary damages – relevant principles – additional damages under s 75 of the Designs Act 2003 (Cth)