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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Enagic Co Ltd v Horizons (Asia) Pty Ltd (No 3)
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Ragopika Pty Ltd v Padmasingh Isaac trading as Aachi Spices and Foods
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Taylor v Killer Queen LLC
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4 firm's commentaries
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Best Australian trade mark cases of 2013-2014
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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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Lessons on bad faith from Superman, Yakult and Queensberry
...up a potentially fruitful ground of opposition even in the absence of a likelihood of confusion between the relevant marks. Footnotes 1[2013] FCA 478 (22 May 2013). 2[2012] FCA 81 (15 February 2012) 3Case C-320/12 (27 June 2013) 4Case C-529/07 Chocoladenfabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Fr......
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......