Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ,Gummow,Heydon,Bell JJ,Crennan J
Judgment Date14 April 2010
Neutral Citation2010-0421 HCA B,[2010] HCA 13
Docket NumberS199/2009
CourtHigh Court
Date14 April 2010
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2 firm's commentaries
  • New Opportunties to Remove Trade Marks
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 October 2010
    ...recent case of Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 13 has expanded who can remove Trade Marks under the Australian Under our Trade Marks statute only a 'person aggrieved' can apply to remove a Trade Mark. Traditionally, this has been an onerous test which did not necess......
  • Trade Mark Decisions of the High Court of Australia
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 October 2010
    ...radler beers were goods of the same description as wines (the FFC held that they were). In Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 13, Health World unsuccessfully opposed Shin-Sun's trade mark application for "HealthPlus". After the "HealthPlus" application proceeded to reg......
3 books & journal articles
  • Management and Enforcement
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Intellectual Property Law. Second Edition
    • 15 June 2011
    ...other grounds (1993), 53 C.P.R. (3d) 216 (Fed. C.A.); Hyundai , above note 177 at [9]; Health World Ltd. v. Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd. , [2010] HCA 13 at [43]–[44] (Austl. H.C.). 218 La Maur Inc. v. Prodon Industries Ltd. , [1971] S.C.R. 973 at 977 (trade-mark); 671905 Alberta Inc. v. Q’Ma......
  • Trade marks for tobacco products as constitutional property: Australian plain packaging legislation
    • South Africa
    • South Africa Mercantile Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 25 May 2019
    ...68, citing Campomar Sociedad Limitada v NikeInternational Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 para 42; Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd(2010) 240 CLR 590 para 29; Johnson & Johnson Australia Pty Ltd v Sterling PharmaceuticalsPty Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 326 at 348–9; Mattel Inc v 3894207 Canada Inc......
  • 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
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...70 See generally Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd (2010) 240 CLR 590. 2014 Reconciling Use-Based and Registration-Based Rights within the Trade Mark System 27 ____________________________________________________________________________________ The desirability of letting A and ......

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