The Applicant requested its costs in the event of success in these three opposition matters. All three opposition matters had essentially common evidence and this being the case I award against the Opponent in terms of Schedule 8 of the Trade Mark Regulations 1995 in the at full costs, as per scale, for the opposition to application 2224727 and apply 20% of the scale[27] in the remaining two oppositions.

[1] I will refer to the goods specifications of the First Trade Mark, Second Trade Mark and Third Trade Mark collectively as the 'Applicant's Goods'.

[2] The Opponent has only argued the ground under s 41 in relation to the First Trade Mark.

[3] Food Channel Network Pty Ltd v Television Food Network GP [2010] FCAFC 58, [32] (Keane CJ, Stone and Jagot JJ).

[4] Pfizer Products Inc v Karam [2006] FCA 1663, [6]-[26] (Gyles J); Telstra Corporation Ltd v Phone Directories Co Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 156, [132]-[133] (Besanko, Jagot and Edelman JJ).

[6] The Shell Company of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd [1963] HCA 66; (1961) 109 CLR 407, 415 (Windeyer J).

[7] Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Limited [1999] FCA 1020, [43] (French J).

[8] Anheuser-Busch Inc v Budejovicky Budvar [2002] FCA 390; (2002) 56 IPR 182, 218 (Allsop J).

[10] Exhibit LM-13 accompanying Mengel.

[11] Exhibit LM-15 accompanying Mengel.

[12] Exhibits LM-4 to LM-18 accompanying Mengel.

[13] Confidential Exhibit LM-17 accompanying Mengel.

[14] Confidential Exhibit LM-3 accompanying Mengel.

[15] Seven Up Co v OT Ltd [1947] HCA 59; (1947) 75 CLR 203, 211 (Williams J).

[16] Exhibit LM-20 accompanying Mengel 2.

[17] Southern Cross Refrigerating Co v Toowoomba Foundry Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 592, 595 (Kitto J) ('Southern Cross').

[18] Smith Hayden & Co Ltd's Application (1946) 63 RPC 97, 101 (Evershed J).

[19] Berlei Hestia Industries Ltd v Bali Co Inc [1973] HCA 43; (1973) 129 CLR 353, 362 (Mason J).

[20] Southern Cross (n 16) 594-5 (Kitto J).

[21] Registrar of Trade Marks v Woolworths Ltd [1999] FCA 1020; (1999) 93 FCR 365, 382 (French J).

[22] Clark Equipment Co v Registrar of Trade Marks [1964] HCA 55; (1964) 111 CLR 511 [513-14].

[24] [2014] HCA 48; (2014) 109 IPR 154 at [26]- [30] per French CJ, Hayne, Grennan and Kiefel JJ.

[27] Hume Industries (Malaysia) Berhad v James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd [2001] ATMO 78; (2001) 53 IPR 591.

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[i]n ConAgra Inc v McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 33 FCR 302 at 343; [1992] FCA 159; 23 IPR 193 at 234, Lockhart J said:

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