Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Adidas AG v Pacific Brands Footwear Pty Ltd (No 3) [2013] FCA 905 Citation: Adidas AG v Pacific Brands Footwear Pty Ltd (No 3) [2013] FCA 905
Parties: ADIDAS AG and ADIDAS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ACN 058 390 659 v PACIFIC BRANDS FOOTWEAR PTY LTD
File number: NSD 1368 of 2010
Judge: ROBERTSON J
Date of judgment: 12 September 2013
Catchwords: TRADE MARKS – action for infringement of registered trade marks – applicants' three-stripe mark on footwear – whether the respondent's use of four stripes in various styles and groupings on footwear was use as a trade mark –whether respondent's use "deceptively similar" to registered trade marks under s 120(1) of the Trade Marks Act 1995 – intention – context – relevance of fame of registered marks – survey evidence
Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 6, 10, 17, 120(1), 219
Cases cited: Adidas AG & another v Pepkor Retail Limited (187/12) [2013] ZASCA 3 Aldi Stores Ltd Partnership v Frito-Lay Trading Co GmbH (2001) 190 ALR 185 Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovicky Budvar (2002) 56 IPR 182 Australian Health & Nutrition Association Ltd t/as Sanitarium Health Food Co v Irrewarra Estate Pty Ltd t/as Irrewarra Sourdough (2012) 292 ALR 101 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v FS Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Coca-Cola Co v All-Fect Distributors Ltd (1996) 96 FCR 107 Cooper Engineering Co Pty Ltd v Sigmund Pumps Ltd (1952) 86 CLR 536 Crazy Ron's Communications Pty Ltd v Mobileworld Communications Pty Ltd (2004) 209 ALR 1 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 144 Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Wandella Pet Foods Pty Ltd (2006) 69 IPR 243 Global Brand Marketing Inc v YD Pty Ltd (2008) 76 IPR 161 Jafferjee v Scarlett (1937) 57 CLR 115 Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Mark Foy's Limited v Davies Coop and Co Ltd (1956) 95 CLR 190 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 354 Mayne Industries Pty Ltd v Advanced Engineering Group Pty Ltd (2008) 166 FCR 312 Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd v New South Wales Dairy Corporation (1990) 24 FCR 370 Nature's Blend Pty Ltd v NestlÉ Australia Ltd (2010) 272 ALR 487 Optical 88 Ltd v Optical 88 Pty Ltd (No 2) (2010) 89 IPR 457 Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd v Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd (1996) 33 IPR 161 Saville Perfumery Ld v June Perfect Ld (1941) 58 RPC 147 Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407 Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 Tivo Inc v Vivo International Corp Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 252 Vivo International Corp Pty Ltd v Tivo Inc (2012) 294 ALR 661
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