Boost Tel Pty Ltd v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 213

Federal Court of Australia

Boost Tel Pty Ltd v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 213 File number(s): NSD 164 of 2023

Judgment of: THAWLEY J

Date of judgment: 14 March 2023

Date of publication of reasons: 17 March 2023

Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – application for urgent interlocutory injunction – alleged infringement of trade mark – whether prima facie case of trade mark infringement – whether balance of convenience favours grant of interlocutory injunction – held: interlocutory injunction granted

Legislation: Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth) ss 10, 17, 20, 120(1), 120(2), 122(1)(b)(i)

Cases cited: Aldi Stores Ltd Partnership v Frito-Lay Trading Co GmbH [2001] FCA 1874; 190 ALR 185 Angoves Pty Ltd v Johnson [1982] FCA 119; 43 ALR 349 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46; 227 CLR 57 Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v FS Walton & Co Ltd [1937] HCA 51; 58 CLR 641 Baume & Co Ltd v A H Moore Ltd [1958] Ch 907 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd [1968] HCA 1; 118 CLR 618 Bohemia Crystal Pty Ltd v Host Corporation Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 235; 354 ALR 353 Bullock v Federated Furnishing Trades Society of Australasia (No 1) [1985] FCA 258; 5 FCR 464 Caterpillar Loader Hire (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Caterpillar Tractor Co [1983] FCA 143; 48 ALR 511 Coca-Cola Co v All-Fect Distributors Ltd [1999] FCA 1721; 96 FCR 107 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan (Aust) Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 15; 241 CLR 144 Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd (No 3) [2021] FCA 1512; 396 ALR 633 F H Faulding & Co Ltd v Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand Ltd [1965] HCA 72; 112 CLR 537 Generic Health v Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co [2013] FCAFC 17; 296 ALR 50 GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Ltd [2013] FCAFC 102; 305 ALR 363 Goodman Fielder Pte Ltd v Conga Foods Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 1808; 158 IPR 9 Henley Arch Pty Ltd v Henley Constructions Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1369; 163 IPR 1 Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd [1991] FCA 402; 30 FCR 326 Mark Foy's Ltd v Davies Coop & Co Ltd [1956] HCA 41; 95 CLR 190 Martin & Pleasance Pty Ltd v A Nelson & Co Ltd [2021] FCAFC 80 Medrad Inc v Alpine Medical Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 949; 82 IPR 101 Nature's Blend Pty Ltd v Nestle Australia Ltd [2010] FCAFC 117; 272 ALR 487 Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd v Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd [1996] FCA 48; 135 ALR 192 Pinnacle Runway Pty Ltd v Triangl Ltd [2019] FCA 1662; 375 ALR 251 Polo Textile Industries Pty Ltd v Domestic Textile Corporation Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 265; 42 FCR 227 Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd [1999] FCA 1020; 93 FCR 365 Samsung Electronics Co v Apple Inc [2011] FCAFC 156; 217 FCR 238 Shell Co (Aust) Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd [1963] HCA 66; 109 CLR 407 Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth and Another [2009] FCA 595; 61 IPR 339 Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd [1954] HCA 82; 91 CLR 592 Sports Warehouse Inc v Fry Consulting Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 664; 186 FCR 519 Swancom Pty Ltd v The Jazz Corner Hotel Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 157; 168 IPR 42 Vivo International Corp Pty Ltd v Tivo Inc [2012] FCAFC 159; 294 ALR 661 Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 59; 106 IPR 218 Wellness Pty Ltd v Pro Bio Living Waters Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 438; 61 IPR 242