Philmac Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation2002-1213 FCA H
Date2002
Year2002
CourtFederal Court

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1 firm's commentaries
  • Can a Single Colour be Registered as a Trade Mark?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 29 January 2003
    ...Federal Court's decision in Philmac Pty Limited v. The Registrar of Trade Marks [2002] FCA 1551 (13 December 2002) provides some useful guidance on the registrability of a single colour as a trade Philmac Pty Limited (Philmac) applied to register the colour terracotta as a trade mark for pa......
1 books & journal articles
  • DISENTANGLING FUNCTIONALITY, DISTINCTIVENESS AND USE IN AUSTRALIAN TRADE MARK LAW.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 1, August 2018
    • 1 August 2018
    ...Intellectual Property in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 6th ed, 2018) 705-7. (59) See Philmac Pty Ltd v Registrar of Trade Marks (2002) 126 FCR 525 (60) The Australian cases, and some of their problems, have been discussed extensively by commentators, with a particular focus on shape m......