Alcon Inc. v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation2009-1112 FCA E
Date2009
Year2009
CourtFederal Court

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4 cases
  • Swancom Pty Ltd v The Jazz Corner Hotel Pty Ltd (No 2)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 9 April 2021
    ...r 14.03 Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Cases cited: Alcon Inc v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1299; 83 IPR 210; Aldi Foods Pty Ltd v Moroccanoil Israel Ltd (2018) 261 FCR 301 Anchorage Capital Partners Pty Ltd v ACPA Pty Ltd (2018) 259 F......
  • Community First Credit Union Limited v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 20 September 2019
    ...trade mark even though it is used together with another trade mark, citing Alcon v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd (2009) 83 IPR 210; [2009] FCA 1299 257 The issue for consideration is whether Bendigo used the Bendigo Community Marks as trade marks prior to the relevant dates such that th......
  • Swancom Pty Ltd v The Jazz Corner Hotel Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 13 September 2022
    ...Strauss & Co (1994) 49 FCR 89 at 127 per Gummow J. Relying on observations by Foster J in Alcon Inc v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1299; 83 IPR 210 at [74], Swancom submitted that regard can only be had to usage in the relevant trade, here live music services, and not usage ......
  • Yarra Valley Dairy Pty Ltd v Lemnos Foods Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
1 firm's commentaries
  • Alcon Judgment
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 17 November 2009
    ...12 November 2009, the Federal Court of Australia delivered its judgment in Alcon Inc v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1299 (available here). This case upheld a claim for infringement of the trade mark BSS, brought by a manufacturer and supplier of ophthalmic irrigating sol......
1 books & journal articles
  • Reputation in Trade Mark Infringement: Why Some Courts Think it Matters and Why it Should Not
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 38-2, June 2010
    • 1 June 2010
    ...to some extent, of the contents of the bottle. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 26 [2009] FCA 1299. 2010 Reputation in Trade Mark Infringement 239 ____________________________________________________________________________________ (c) Th......