Playgro Pty Ltd v Playgo Art & Craft Manufactory Limited (No 2) [2016] FCA 478

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Playgro Pty Ltd v Playgo Art & Craft Manufactory Limited (No 2) [2016] FCA 478 File number: VID 234 of 2015

Judge: MOSHINSKY J

Date of judgment: 9 May 2016

Catchwords: TRADE MARKS – infringement – deceptive similarity – finding made in earlier reasons that respondent's device mark 'PLAYGO' was deceptively similar to the applicant's mark 'PLAYGRO' – applicant seeks declaration and injunction also in relation to respondent's use of the word 'PLAYGO' in small print on packaging – whether use of the word as a trade mark – whether deceptively similar to the applicant's mark

Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), s 120

Cases cited: Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovický Budvar, Národní Podnik (2002) 56 IPR 182 Bowen Investments Pty Ltd v Tabcorp Holdings (No 2) [2008] FCAFC 107 Colgate-Palmolive Company v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Republic of Nauru (No 2) (2015) 90 ALJR 270 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Johnson v Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Mantra Group Pty Ltd v Tally Pty Ltd (No 2) (2010) 183 FCR 450 Nature's Blend Pty Ltd v Nestle Australia Ltd (2010) 86 IPR 1 Nature's Blend Pty Ltd v Nestlé Australia Ltd (2010) 87 IPR 464 Playgro Pty Ltd v Playgo Art & Craft Manufactory Limited [2016] FCA 280 Queensland North Australia Pty Ltd v Takeovers Panel (No 2) [2015] FCAFC 128 Ruddock v Vardarlis (No 2) (2001) 115 FCR 229 Streetworx Pty Ltd v Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd (No 2) (2015) 110 IPR 544 The Shell Company of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 407