Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
NPP Australia Limited v Ripple Labs, Inc (No 2) [2020] FCA 1253 File number: NSD 916 of 2020
Judgment of: THAWLEY J
Date of judgment: 28 August 2020
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for urgent interlocutory injunction – alleged infringement of trade mark and contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law – whether orders or an undertaking is appropriate – whether conduct to be restrained is the provision of services "in Australia" or services "directed to Australia" – interlocutory injunction granted
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2, Australian Consumer Law s 18 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 120
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Bullock v The Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australasia (No 1) (1985) 5 FCR 464 Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 NPP Australia Limited v Ripple Labs, Inc [2020] FCA 1237 Ward Group Pty Ltd v Brodie (2005) 143 FCR 479
Division: General Division
Registry: New South Wales
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Trade Marks
Number of paragraphs: 18
Date of hearing: 28 August 2020
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr T Bannon SC with Ms S Steward
Solicitor for the Applicant: Clayton Utz
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr N Murray SC
Solicitor for the Respondent: Davies Collison Cave Law
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