NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Phone Hospital v Acar & Ors [2010] NSWSC 888
HEARING DATE(S) : 28 July 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Ball J
DECISION : 1. Plaintiff's application for interlocutory injunction dismissed. 2. Costs reserved.
CATCHWORDS : TRADE PRACTICES - misleading and deceptive conduct - "Phone Doctor" and "Phone Hospital". TRADEMARKS - whether unregistered mark used by the defendant infringes plaintiff's. RESTRAINT OF TRADE - franchise - during and after termination of agreement. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - contractual obligations of confidence. CONTRACTS - whether contract terminated - effect of termination on obligations of parties. INJUNCTIONS - balance of convenience
LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Buckenara v Hawthorn Football Club Ltd [1988] 1 VR 39 Cooper Engineering Company Pty Ltd v Sigmund Pumps Limited (1952) 86 CLR 536 Deta Nominees Pty Ltd v Viscount Plastic Products Pty Ltd [1979] VR 167 at 191 Drake Personnel v Beddison [1979] VR 13 at 19 CASES CITED : Hospital Products International Pty Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation [1984] HCA 64; 156 CLR 41 Peters (WA) Limited v Petersville Ltd (2001) 205 CLR 126 Starr Partners Pty Ltd v Dem Prem Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2006] FCA 1269 Tidy Tea Ltd v Unilever Australia Ltd (1995) 32 IPR 405 United States Surgical Corporation v Hospital Products International Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 157
TEXTS CITED : R Meagher, D Heydon and M Leeming, Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed (2002)
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