Consumer, Food & Retail Archives - Page 9 of 16

3rd Aug 2017

Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Limited) v Guru Denim Inc [2017] NZCA 81 (27 March 2017)

Omega loses long battle against Guru’s trade mark application for the trade mark. Guru Denim Inc (“Guru”) applied to register the trade mark in New Zealand in relation...

Omega loses long battle against Guru’s trade mark application for the trade mark. Guru Denim Inc (“Guru”) applied to...

3rd Aug 2017

Clearlight Investments Pty Ltd v Barilla G.e R. Fratelli – Societa per Azioni [2017] ATMO 38

Clearlight is the owner of several Australian trade mark registrations relating to the SAN REMO brand of pasta and related food products, including SAN REMO PASTA PRONTO and the...

Clearlight is the owner of several Australian trade mark registrations relating to the SAN REMO brand of pasta and...

26th Jun 2017

Kokkinakis versus Kellogg: serving up a trade mark dispute

Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has found himself matched up against leading breakfast cereal manufacturer the Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) in a trade mark dispute. On 15 June 2017, a Federal...

Australian tennis star Thanasi Kokkinakis has found himself matched up against leading breakfast cereal manufacturer the Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s)...

26th Apr 2017

QUICK-DRY or EXTREMELY DRY? – That is the question.

In Thailand, the leading ground for trademark rejections is the finding of descriptiveness. Much to the dismay of applicants, descriptiveness rejections at times differ from findings in other trademark...

In Thailand, the leading ground for trademark rejections is the finding of descriptiveness. Much to the dismay of applicants,...

23rd Apr 2017

Excesses of innovation patent damages pulled back

In a significant decision, the Full Federal Court has overturned an earlier single judge Federal Court decision regarding the date from which infringement of an innovation patent can occur....

In a significant decision, the Full Federal Court has overturned an earlier single judge Federal Court decision regarding the...

23rd Mar 2017

Monster Energy Company v Disney Enterprises, Inc [2017] ATMO 2 (10 January 2017)

Monster Energy Company opposed Disney Enterprises application to register the trade mark MONSTERS UNIVERSITY for a wide range goods and services. However, the opposition related only to goods in...

Monster Energy Company opposed Disney Enterprises application to register the trade mark MONSTERS UNIVERSITY for a wide range goods...

23rd Mar 2017

Brooks Sports, Inc. v Speedo Holding B.V. [2017] NZIPOTM 1 (12 January 2017)

Brooks Sports (“Brooks”) applied to register the trade mark in respect of a range of goods in class 25. This application was accepted but then opposed by Speedo Holdings...

Brooks Sports (“Brooks”) applied to register the trade mark in respect of a range of goods in class 25....

23rd Mar 2017

Make Wine Pty Ltd v Modern Ancient Brands Pty Ltd [2017] ATMO 17

This matter concerned the opposition by Make Wine to the removal of its trade mark registration of the QUEEN ADELAIDE Label. Modern Ancient Brands had applied to remove...

This matter concerned the opposition by Make Wine to the removal of its trade mark registration of the QUEEN...

23rd Mar 2017

Koninklijke Philips N.V. vs. Department of Intellectual Property (2016) – Supreme Court Decision Number 2877/2559

The Thai Supreme Court has reversed the Trademark Registrar’s decision to reject a mark on the grounds of similarity, elaborating on the need to carefully consider the specific nature...

The Thai Supreme Court has reversed the Trademark Registrar’s decision to reject a mark on the grounds of similarity,...

23rd Mar 2017

Crocodile International Pte Limited v Lacoste [2017] NZSC 14

Lacoste loses its Crocodile trade mark in a New Zealand Supreme Court decision Background Crocodile International Pte Limited (“Crocodile International”) applied to revoke Lacoste’s registration No. 70068 for the following mark...

Lacoste loses its Crocodile trade mark in a New Zealand Supreme Court decision Background Crocodile International Pte Limited (“Crocodile International”) applied...

23rd Mar 2017

Monster Energy Company v Nathan Darma [2017] ATMO 4 (13 January 2017)

Monster Energy opposed the registration of the trade mark ‘Beast Mode’ covering clothing in Class 25. The application was filed by an individual, Nathan Darma, who did not...

Monster Energy opposed the registration of the trade mark ‘Beast Mode’ covering clothing in Class 25. The application...

2nd Mar 2017

Australia Update: Counterfeit BIO-OIL and additional and exemplary damages in IP disputes

Additional damages for trade mark and copyright infringement and exemplary damages for passing off were recently considered in the Federal Court case Geneva Laboratories Limited and anor v Prestige...

Additional damages for trade mark and copyright infringement and exemplary damages for passing off were recently considered in the...