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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

The tort of injurious falsehood (sometimes called malicious falsehood or even trade libel) has been largely superseded (but not totally extinguished) by passing off and the modern wrongs against misleading or deceptive conduct Buy Adipex No Prescription, . In a helpful, practical primer, Jagot J has had to explore its operation as one of the issues in the Jack Brabham Engines case. There is also an elementary lesson to learn in passing off, buy no prescription Adipex online. Where can i buy cheapest Adipex online, In overview, the case concerned 2 rival businesses engaged in developing car engines, buy Adipex no prescription. Adipex over the counter, They agreed to pool their resources and develop technologies through a new corporate vehicle, Jack Brabham Engines (JBE), where can i find Adipex online. Buy Adipex online no prescription, The principals in the competitors became directors and shareholders and the great man himself was a shareholder. Things didn't work out and one of the principals, Mr Beare, who had secured patents for technology he had developed earlier decided to invest elsewhere in competition with JBE, Buy Adipex No Prescription.

Amongst other things, buy Adipex in canada, Order Adipex no prescription, he published statements on his website and in ASIC documents which the applicants complained were injurious falsehoods. Jagot J rejected these allegations, Adipex from canadian pharmacy. Buy cheap Adipex no rx, Her Honour pointed out at [246] that the tort required proof of 3 ingredients: proof that (1) the respondent has made a false statement, (2) that the respondent made the statement maliciously and (3) as a result the applicant has suffered actual damage, Adipex for sale. Buy Adipex from mexico, Her Honour quoted Gleeson CJ on the difference between the tort and defamation:

The tort of defamation protects reputation, and it does so in a manner that involves a balancing of various considerations including the right of free speech, purchase Adipex online. The tort of injurious falsehood protects against provable economic loss resulting from false and malicious statements.


Jagot J at [247] also endorsed the statement in Halsbury's Law of Australia as a convenient summary of what is required for the statement to be malicious:

Buy Adipex No Prescription, The false publication must have been made maliciously. Adipex samples, A person who acted in good faith is therefore not liable. Malice is a question of motive, where can i order Adipex without prescription, Buy Adipex without a prescription, intention or state of mind and involves the use of an occasion for some indirect purpose or indirect motive such as to cause injury to another person. Malice may exist without an actual intention to injure, where can i buy Adipex online. Order Adipex online c.o.d, Malice may not be inferred from the fact of publication but will be inferred where the false publication was made with:

(1) an intent to injure without just cause;

(2) knowledge of their falsity; or

(3) reckless indifference to its truth or falsity.

No action will lie where the false publication was made with mere lack of care or with an honest belief in its truth. An honest belief in the truth of the statement will rebut any inference of malice.

The applicants failed on all heads for a wide variety of reasons, Buy Adipex No Prescription. Some of the statements were not even pleaded, rx free Adipex. Online buying Adipex, The applicants failed to prove that others were even false and, at every turn, online buy Adipex without a prescription, Adipex pharmacy, the statements were not shown to be malicious because they were the honest beliefs or opinions of Mr Beare. There was also no proof of damage, purchase Adipex online no prescription. Buy Adipex online cod, The difficulties of proving malice in particular highlight why, if the conduct is in trade or commerce, buy cheapest Adipex, Order Adipex from mexican pharmacy, the tort has largely been supplanted by the fair trading laws such as  s 52 (in the case of corporations) and s 9 / s 42 (in the case of individuals). Buy Adipex No Prescription, The applicants also alleged passing off from use of the names “Beare Technology Engine” and “Beare Head Technology”. The names were not registered as trade marks, australia, uk, us, usa, canada, mexico, india, craiglist, ebay, paypal, Adipex price, hence any rights had to arise at common law.

The problem for the applicants here was that Mr Beare had used these names in his business before JBE was incorporated and, buy generic Adipex, Order Adipex, while he or his company had authorised JBE to use the names, JBE was unable to identify any assignment of the earlier business and its goodwill to JBE. As a result, JBE did not own the relevant reputation.

Jack Brabham Engines Limited v Beare [2010] FCA 872.

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Luscious Lips confectionary

Friday, March 12th, 2010
Sundberg J has dismissed Nature's Blend's action against Nestlé for infringement of its LUSCIOUS LIPS trade mark, passing off and misleading or deceptive conduct by selling Allens RETRO PARTY MIX. Nature's Blend, which was principally a supplier of veterinary products registered LUSCIOUS LIPS in respect of confectionery. Initially, at least, it gave chocolates away branded with the trade mark and a device to promote its business. Around the same time as Nature's Blend began marketing products with its trade mark, Nestlé introduced a new product under its ALLENS brand called ‘RETRO PARTY MIX’. This was a box or packet of mixed lollies. The back of the packaging included the following:

That’s right! All your favourites are back, so put on those flares and get ready to party! Up to 7 lolly varieties including...cool Cola Bottles, those radical Racing Cars, yummy Honey flavoured Bears, totally freeeekie Teeth, luscious Lips, partying Pineapples and outrageous Raspberries. [emphasis added]

The "luscious" Lips were a jelly product in the shape of lips. Sundberg J found that the words used in this setting were not used as a trade mark. First, because the word "luscious" was descriptive and in context consumers would be likely to regard the expression as laudatory and possibly even humorous. Secondly, the effect of the combined expression in context was diluted by the prominence of the Allens, RETRO PARTY MIX and Nestlé trade marks. Sundberg J would also have found, if necessary, that Nestlé was using the term as a good faith description: Nestlé's product manager explained the development of the name in terms which made it clear she had been unaware of Nature's Blend's trade mark or product. Interestingly, at [13] Sundberg J also considered it clear that the relevant time for determining liability under s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) is the date when the respondent's conduct started; the same as for trade mark infringement and passing off. Middleton J did not consider it necessary to decide the point in Playcorp v Bodum [2010] FCA 23 at [58]-[59]. Nature's Blend Pty Ltd  v Nestle Australia Ltd [2010] FCA 198

Coffee plungers, tea pots, designs and passing off

Monday, February 8th, 2010

The Federal Court, Middleton J, has rejected Bodum's allegations that

  1. the sale of the Baccarat Venice coffee plunger and Euroline's Classic coffee plunger passed off Bodum's Chambord coffee plunger or was otherwise misleading or deceptive; or
  2. Baccarat's Devon teapot passed off Bodum's Assam Tea Press or was otherwise misleading or deceptive.

Playcorp Group of Companies Pty Ltd v Peter Bodum A/S [2010] FCA 23

The judgment includes depictions of the products and their packaging in the appendices.

Maltesers v Delfi malt balls

Monday, December 14th, 2009
Mars' appeal against the rejection of its claims of trade mark infringement and misleading or deceptive conduct have been tersely rejected. Images of the product Mars complained about here. The Full Court noted:

9     It is not in dispute that the evidence established that: •    confectionary is commonly packaged in primary colours and that red, in various shades, is a predominant and common, indeed ubiquitous, colour; •    confectionary packaging commonly displays a picture or representation of the product, frequently showing a cross-section or "cut through" of the product; •    it is not unusual for the name of the product to be written on a diagonal, from bottom left to top right; •    it is common for packaging of confectionary to include all of the above features. In this context, the Full Court found that the words malt balls were descriptive and the colour red used by the respondent was not distinctive. Mars Australia Pty Ltd v Sweet Rewards Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 174

boohoo.com v missboo.co.uk

Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Warren J has granted an interim injunction to Wasabi Frog restraining until trial the operation of an online clothing retailer. Wasabi Frog has traded since 2006 as an online retailer of young women's fashion at Boo Hoo and Boohoo.com. It also has CTMs for BOO HOO, BOOHOO.COM and BOO. missboo.co.uk started up in September 2009 as an online retailer of women's fashion, targetting the same demographic: 17 to 25 year olds. His Lordship found a triable issue on likelihood of confusion on the basis of a number of factors. One involved another player in the fashion industry apparently mistaking the applicant for the defendant. Interestingly, another was the inferences to be drawn by traffic that Wasabi Frog generated after purchasing the Google Ad Words "Miss Boo". Other aspects considered included the similarities in the respective companies' websites and the "very very savvy" target markets of both companies. Damages were clearly not an adequate remedy for Wasabi Frog, all the more so as the defendant was impecunious. Wasabi Frog Ltd v Miss Boo Ltd [2009] EWHC 2767 (Ch) Lid dip: Peter A Clarke