INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – application for interlocutory injunction to restrain alleged passing off and misleading or deceptive conduct – where the applicant is the grand-niece of Walter Lindrum, a famous billiards player – where the applicant contends that the Lindrum family has a strong reputation in a number of fields – where the respondent is the owner of a property which was previously used as a hotel called HOTEL LINDRUM – where the respondent is using the name LINDRUM in connection with the development of a commercial office building on the property – where the applicant claims that the respondent’s use of the name or brand LINDRUM involves passing off or misleading or deceptive conduct on the basis that it conveys an association with, or authority from, the family of that name or the applicant in particular – whether prima facie case – whether balance of convenience favours the grant of injunctive relief – application for interlocutory injunction dismissed
Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2025/2025fca1644For more information, see the original judgement.
