Mastronardi Produce Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks [2014] FCA 1021

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Mastronardi Produce Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks [2014] FCA 1021 Citation: Mastronardi Produce Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks [2014] FCA 1021

Appeal from: Mastronardi Produce Ltd [2013] ATMO 83

Parties: MASTRONARDI PRODUCE LTD v THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS

File number: VID 1173 of 2013

Judge: GORDON J

Date of judgment: 19 September 2014

Catchwords: TRADE MARKS – Application for registration of trade mark – Invented word – Refused by delegate of Registrar – Appeal – Hearing de novo – Whether inherently adapted to distinguish

Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth)

Cases cited: Blount Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1998) 83 FCR 50 Burger King Corp v Registrar of Trade Marks (1973) 128 CLR 417 Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford (Trading as Oxford University Press) v Registrar of Trade Marks (1990) 24 FCR 1 Chocolaterie Guylian NV v Registrar of Trade Marks (2009) 180 FCR 60 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 144 Eastman Photographic Materials Co. Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [1898] AC 571 Eclipse Sleep Products Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 300 Kenman Kandy Australia Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (2002) 122 FCR 494 Mantra IP Pty Ltd v Spagnuolo (2012) 205 FCR 241 Mark Foy's Limited v Davies Coop & Co Ltd (1956) 95 CLR 190 Modena Trading Pty Ltd v Cantarella Bros Pty Ltd (2013) 215 FCR 16 Nexans S.A. v Nex 1 Technologies Co. Ltd [2012] FCA 180 Registrar of Trade Marks v W. & G. Du Cros Ltd [1913] AC 624 Thomson v B Seppelt & Sons Ltd (1925) 37 CLR 305 Unilever Australia Ltd v Societe Des Produits Nestlé SA (2006) 154 FCR 165 Wheatcroft Brothers Limited's Trade Marks [1954] Ch 210 Davison M and Horak I, Shanahan's Australian Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off (5th ed, Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Limited, 2012)