Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Crownbet Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1045 File number: VID 744 of 2018

Judge: MOSHINSKY J

Date of judgment: 11 July 2018

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for interlocutory injunction – where applicant offered betting services to Australian consumers under the name SPORTSBET – where respondents proposed to commence offering betting services under the name SPORTINGBET – where applicant alleged that the respondents' proposed conduct would contravene s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law – whether applicant had made out a prima facie case – whether balance of convenience favoured the grant of an injunction – interlocutory injunction granted

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2, Australian Consumer Law, ss 18, 29 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), s 135 Racing and Betting Act 1983 (NT)

Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 640 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Bohemia Crystal Pty Ltd v Host Corporation Pty Ltd (2018) 354 ALR 353 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Google Inc v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2013) 249 CLR 435 NWL Ltd v Woods [1979] 1 WLR 1294 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 191 REA Group Ltd v Real Estate 1 Ltd (2013) 217 FCR 327 Samsung Electronics Company Ltd v Apple Inc (2011) 217 FCR 238 Shape Shopfitters Pty Ltd v Shape Australia Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 865 Taco Company of Australia Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177