Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Specsavers Pty Ltd v Coastal Contacts (Aus) Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 102 Citation: Specsavers Pty Ltd v Coastal Contacts (Aus) Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 102
Parties: SPECSAVERS PTY LTD (ACN 097 147 932) v COASTAL CONTACTS (AUS) PTY LTD (ACN 115 412 943) and COASTAL CONTACTS INC
File number: NSD 156 of 2012
Judge: JACOBSON J
Date of judgment: 17 February 2012
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – application for interlocutory injunction preventing publication of certain representations on the internet and sponsored links – whether representations and sponsored links are misleading and deceptive because the consumer conducts a search via Google using certain key words
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2, ss 18, 48
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Global One Mobile Entertainment Pty Limited [2011] FCA 393 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet [2011] FCA 1254 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Limited (2004) 218 CLR 592 Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 238 CLR 304 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Trade Practices Commission v Optus Communications Pty Limited (1996) 64 FCR 326 World Series Cricket Pty Ltd v Parish (1977) 16 ALR 181
Date of hearing: 8 and 10 February 2012
Place: Sydney
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