Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Limited (No 3) [2020] FCA 1379 File number: VID 794 of 2016
Judgment of: MURPHY J
Date of judgment: 25 September 2020
Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity costs – where respondent successful in defence of claim of trade mark infringement and applicant successful in cross-claim – discretion as to costs – whether rejection of settlement offers unreasonable or imprudent – applicable principles in relation to indemnity costs – where settlement offers placed the offeree in a substantially better position than it achieved at trial – indemnity costs ordered
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37M, 37N, 43 Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) s 58 Federal Court Rules 2011 rr 25.03, 25.14, 40.02 , 40.08
Cases cited: Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Limited v ACPA Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCAFC 112 Bing! Software Pty Ltd v Bing Technologies Pty Ltd (No 1) (2008) 79 IPR 454 Black v Tomislav Lipovac BHNF Maria Lipovac [1990] FCA 699; (1998) ALR 386 Bohemia Crystal Pty Ltd v Host Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 892 Damorgold Pty Ltd v. Blindware Pty Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 364 Eskine v 72-74 Gordon Crescent Lane Cove Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 73 Firebird Global Master Fund II Ltd v Republic of Nauru (No 2) (2015) 327 ALR 192; [2015] HCA 53 GM Global Technology Operations LLC v. S.S.S. Auto Parts Pty Ltd (No.2) (Costs) [2019] FCA 1813 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) [2005] VSCA 298; (2005) 13 VR 435 Kismet International Pty Ltd v Guano Fertiliser Sales Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 705 Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Pty Ltd (2016) 247 FCR 61 Magenta Nominees Pty Ltd v Richard Ellis (Western Australia) Pty Ltd [1994] FCA 302 Mowie Fisheries Pty Ltd v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd [1996] FCA 931 Ofria v Cameron (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 242 Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Limited & Anor [2019] FCA 1662 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323
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