Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[2009] FCAFC 174,2009-1211 FCA A,2009-0605 FCA A
Date2009
Year2009
CourtFederal Court

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  • Allergan Australia Pty Ltd v Self Care IP Holdings Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 22 October 2020
    ...America LLC [2016] FCAFC 92; 244 FCR 557 Lyons & Co Ltd’s Application [1959] RPC 120 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; 81 IPR 354 Melbourne Chinese Press Pty Ltd v Australian Chinese Newspapers Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 201; 63 IPR 38 MID Sydney Pty Ltd v Australian ......
  • McCambridge Ltd v Joseph Brennan Bakeries
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 31 July 2012
    ...brand name on a product may be sufficient to distinguish the goods (see Mars Australia Pty Limited v. Sweet Rewards Pty Limited [2009] F.C.A.F.C. 174). 39 30. However in our jurisprudence it is clearly established that protectable ‘get up’ can be greater than the sum of its parts. Budd J. o......
  • Taylor v Killer Queen, LLC (No 5)
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    • Federal Court
    • 21 April 2023
    ...LED Builder Pty Ltd v Masterton Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd (1994) 54 FCR 196 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd (2009) 81 IPR 354; [2009] FCA 606 Masterton Homes Pty Ltd v LED Builders Pty Ltd (1996) 33 IPR 417; (1996) 12 BCL 408 McCormick & Co Inc v McCormick (2000) 51 IPR 102; [2000]......
  • Urban Alley Brewery Pty Ltd v La Sirene Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 7 February 2020
    ...[2014] FCAFC 30; 313 ALR 1 Mantra Group Pty Ltd v Tailly Pty Ltd (No 2) (2010) 183 FCR 450 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; 81 IPR 354; AIPC 92-344 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 174; 84 IPR 12; [2010] AIPC 92-364 McCormick & Compan......
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  • Mars Fail To Get Up In Get-Up Case: Maltesers Rolled Down The Aisle And Out Of Court
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 19 August 2009
    ...were declared by the primary judge, Perram J, in the recent Federal Court decision Mars Australia Pty Ltd –v– Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; BC200904981 to be a "victim their own success".1 His Honour dismissed the applicant's claims for passing off, misleading and deceptive conduct,......
  • Why register your trade marks? Lessons from the Battle of the Beers
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 March 2023
    ...Shops Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 70; 159 FCR 397 [99] (Black CJ, Emmett and Middleton JJ). 8 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; 81 IPR 354 [64] cited in Brick Lane v Torquay 9 Ibid [97]. 10 Interlego AG v Croner Trading Pty Ltd [1992] FCA 992; 39 FCR 348 [387] cited in B......
  • Cat fight? Caterpillar bulldoze Puma in procat trade mark stoush
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 October 2021
    ...opposition further. Puma have now filed an appeal in relation to this matter. Footnotes 1 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; 81 IPR 354 2 Delfi Chocolate Manufacturing SA v Mars Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 1065; 115 IPR 82 The content of this article is intended......
  • Cat fight? Caterpillar bulldoze Puma in procat trade mark stoush
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 October 2021
    ...opposition further. Puma have now filed an appeal in relation to this matter. Footnotes 1 Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 606; 81 IPR 354 2 Delfi Chocolate Manufacturing SA v Mars Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 1065; 115 IPR 82 The content of this article is intended......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Comparison Creep and the Conflation of Trade Mark Infringement and Passing Off
    • South Africa
    • Juta South African Intellectual Property Law Journal No. , May 2019
    • 24 May 2019
    ...Why some cou rts think it mat ters and why it should not’ (2010) UMonashLRS 15.20 Case no 14605/2009 [2011] ZAWCHC 444 paras [116–119].21 [2009] FCA 606 paras [96 –98], as referenced in Dav ison (n19).COMPARISON CREEP AND THE CONFLATION OF TRADE MARK INFRINGEMENT 91© Juta and Company (Pty) ......
  • 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
    ...used by any other party that has any differences _____________________________________________________________________________________ 50 [2009] FCA 606 (Unreported, Perram J, 5 June 2009). 51 Ibid [97]–[98]. 2010 Reputation in Trade Mark Infringement 249 ___________________________________......