major trademark cases

Selected Australian trade mark cases include -

Australian Woollen Mills Ltd v FS Walton & Co Ltd (1937) 58 CLR 641 | here

Howard Auto Cultivators Ltd v Webb Industries Pty Ltd (1946) 72 CLR 175 | here

Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592 | here

Mark Foy's Limited v Davies Coop & Co Ltd (1956) 95 CLR 190 | here

Shell Co of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963) CLR 407

Clark Equipment Co v Registrar of Trade Marks (1964) 111 CLR 511 | here

Smith Kline French (Australia) Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (1967) 116 CLR 628 | here

Imperial Group Ltd v Philip Morris & Co Ltd [1980] 1 FSR 146

Polaroid Corporation v Sole N Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 49

Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Phillip Morris Ltd (No 2) (1984) 59 ALJR 77

Re Coca Cola Trade Marks [1986] RPC 421

Johnson & Johnson Australia v Sterling Pharmaceuticals (1991) 21 IPR 1

Wingate Marketing Pty Ltd v Levi Strauss & Co Ltd (1994) 28 IPR 193

Pepsico Australia Pty Ltd (Frito-Lay) v Kettle Chip Co Pty Ltd (1996) 33 IPR 161

Blount Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1998) 40 IPR 498

Coca Cola v All Fect Distributors Ltd (1999) 47 IPR 481

Transport Tyre Sales Pty Ltd v Montana Tyres & Rims Pty Ltd (1999) 43 IPR 481

Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths (1999) 45 IPR 411

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Products Australia Pty Ltd (2000)

Britt Allcroft (Thomas) LLC v Miller [2000] FCA 699 (30 May 2000) | here

Campomar v Sociedad Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 | here

Kenman Kandy v Registrar of Trade Marks (2002) 13 AIPJ 218

Woolworths Ltd v BP Plc (2006) FCAFC 132

Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd v Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty Ltd (No 8) [2008] FCA 470







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