DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 2013-0522 FCA B |
| Year | 2013 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Court | Federal Court |
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4 cases
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Allergan Australia Pty Ltd v Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd
...Co Pty Ltd v Sigmund Pumps Ltd [1952] HCA 15; 86 CLR 536 Cummings v Lewis [1993] FCA 190; 41 FCR 559 DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 478; 212 FCR 194 Doppstadt Australia Pty Ltd v Lovick & Son Developments Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 158 E & J Gallo Winery v Lion Nathan Australia Pty Ltd [2......
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Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd (No 3)
...Distributors Ltd (1999) 96 FCR 107 Colorado Group Ltd v Strandbags Group Pty Ltd (2007) 164 FCR 506 DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd (2013) 212 FCR 194 Enagic Australia Pty Ltd and Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd [2014] ATMO 72 Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd [2018] ATMO 192 Food......
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Ragopika Pty Ltd v Padmasingh Isaac trading as Aachi Spices and Foods
...and Adelaide Bank Limited [2019] FCA 1553 ConAgra Inc v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 33 FCR 302 DC Comics v Chequout Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 478; 212 FCR 194 Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited v the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company [2018] FCA 1014 Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd [2021] ......
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Taylor v Killer Queen LLC
...v Freight Rail [1999] NSWSC 1037 Clipsal Australia Pty Ltd v Clipso Electrical Pty Ltd (No 3) [2017] FCA 60 DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd (2013) 212 FCR 194 Fleming’s Nurseries Pty Ltd v Hannaford [2008] FCA 591 Hard Coffee Pty Ltd v Hard Coffee Mainbeach Pty Ltd [2009] ATMO 26; [2009] AIPC 9......
5 firm's commentaries
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Best Australian trade mark cases of 2013-2014
...what the words mean. Interlocutory injunction refused in trade mark infringement case: Snack Foods v Premier 1st (2013) 99 IPR 629 (FCA) A US company, Medora, had sold POPCORNERS snack foods in the US since early 2010. Medora was the registered owner of a US trade mark for the word POPCORNE......
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Federal Court of Australia sides with Superman in bad faith trade mark appeal
...DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 478 Services: Intellectual Property & Technology DC Comics has succeeded in overturning the decision of a delegate of the Registrar of Trade Marks that would have seen the registration of the mark "superman workout". The Federal Court allowed DC Co......
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Stones Get Satisfaction In Bad Faith Trade Mark Opposition Win
...reasonable and experienced persons in the particular area. Citing Bennett J's consideration of 'bad faith' in DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 478, the Hearing Officer noted that exploitative conduct or conduct designed to acquire a springboard or advantage could amount to conduct tha......
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Bad faith anxie-tea - trade mark application
...trade marks to. Guilt-tea as charged The Registrar's delegate adopted the approach of the Federal Court in DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 478 by considering all circumstances surrounding the application to shed light on the subjective intentions of Teavolution in applying for the "G......
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1 books & journal articles
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Reconciling use-based and Registration-Based Rights within the Trade Mark System: What the Problems with Section 58A of the Trade Marks Act Tell Us
...applicant's conduct indicates that it is likely to engage in passing off in its use of the mark: see, eg, DC Comics v Cheqout Pty Ltd (2013) 212 FCR 194, 208–9 [70]–[77]. For a recent discussion of this issue in the context of EU law, see Annette Kur, 'Not Prior in Time, but Superior in Rig......