An Australian Trademark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 12 July 2012
The following trademarks have been opposed as at 12 July 2012:
Opposition Filed
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1462892 Overture | Majella Wines Pty Ltd. | Opus One Winery LLC |
| 1199359 |
N & E Roufas Discount Paints Pty Ltd. | Australian Olympic Committee, Inc. |
| 1147926 |
Optical 88 Pty Ltd. | Optical 88 Limited |
| 1359863 |
Asia Pacific Brands Pty Limited. | SCA Hygiene Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1462274 |
Ayoub, Joseph. | Continental Tire The Americas, Llc |
| 1463272 |
Budget Trip Pty Ltd. | Apple Inc. |
| 1464346 Secret Squirrel | Byron & Harold Pty Ltd. | Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. |
| 1464341 |
DaVita Inc.. | Vita Zahnfabrik H Rauter Gmbh & Co KG |
| 1464336 DAVITA | DaVita Inc.. | Vita Zahnfabrik H Rauter Gmbh & Co KG |
| 1468356 PlumbSafe Plumbing | Jackson, Shaun. | Plumbsafe Pty Ltd |
| 1479079 |
Prima-Derm, S.L.. | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. |
| 1369171 Laser 1369174 |
Performance Sailcraft Pty Ltd. | Speedo Holdings B.V. |
| 1444626 BAKER TWEETS | Plarre, Steven. | Twitter, Inc. |
| 1469368 ANAMORPHOSIS 1469371 F.U. 1469372 M.O.D. 1469373 SUXX | Prestige World Wine Pty Ltd. | R Winery Pty Ltd (Receivers And Managers Appointed) |
| 1451058 FATMAX 1451565 |
Stanley Black & Decker Inc. | Onesteel Wire Pty Limited |
| 1464857 |
Studio Art Limited. | Newco Clothing Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1455487 WYNWOOD 1455488 |
Winston Wine Pty Ltd. | Premium Wine Brands Pty Ltd |
| 1463364 SANTA BARBARA POLO RACQUET CLUB | Y & K Sandler Leathergoods Pty Ltd. | Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club Management Company, Inc |
| 1435444 |
Zhenjiang Damianyang Shoes Co., Ltd.. | “Dr. Martens” International Trading Gmbh |
Opposition Discontinued
(Proceeding to registration/protection)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1342419 |
Busnel Nicolas. | Lrc Products Limited |
| 1288564 |
Capital Radiology Pty Ltd. | Sonic Healthcare Limited |
| 1461102 The Station Agency | Cassidy, Ian and Richards, Adrian. | PHD Creative Pty Ltd |
| 1204177 |
Gupta as trustee for The ICFAI University Press Trust | CFA Institute |
| 1425798 Pages end | Kenward, Vincent. | Apple Inc. |
| 1400778 |
Mount Pritchard & District Community Club Ltd. | Diners Club International Ltd. |
| 1399662 RIDDOCH RUN | Rymill Nominee Pty Ltd. | Southcorp Brands Pty Limited |
| 1420565 TESOZOR | Schering Corporation. | Shire-Movetis, Naamlose Vennootschap |
| 1410177 |
SolarArk Pty Ltd and Bachir, Sam. | Rheem Australia Pty Limited |
| 1406787 ENDUMAX | Teijin Aramid GmbH. | Visitec Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1204175 |
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. | CFA Institute |
| 1204185 |
The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. | CFA Institute |
| 1416234 NEOFLEX | Vitamin Health, Inc.. | Vitamin Health, Inc |
| 1412882 Living Dolls Makeup | Wright, Michelle and Flynn, Lisa. | Alticor Inc |
Opposition Discontinued
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1290166 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Donq. | Portugal Venture Limited |
| 1171638 DREAM TEAM | Vapormedia Pty Ltd. | News Group Newspapers Ltd |
Opposition Dismissed
(Proceeding to registration/protection)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1266508 |
New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. | Sixty International SA |
| 1349819 sissy boy | Sissi.g Pty Ltd. | Global Textiles Limited |
| 1316353 CALYCO TUFF STUFF | Calyco Pty Ltd. | Tuff Stuff Technologies Pty Ltd |
| 1325032 ecycle | Greenbox Systems Pty Ltd as trustee for TRM Trust. | Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| 1260288 OMEGABEE | Robinson, Brenda and Robinson, Mark. | Omega Engineering Inc. |
| 1260803 OMEGABEE | Robinson, Mark and Robinson, Brenda. | Omega Engineering Inc. |
| 1362115 |
Weldon, Sophie. | Sae Licensing AG |
Opposition (Trademark Withdrawn)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1057045 |
Aurora Energy Pty Ltd. | Singtel Optus Pty Limited |
| 1460895 SMW 1460896 |
Concord International, Inc. | Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft |
| 1458014 RASCAL BARRY | Forty Eight Two One Five Pty Ltd. | Hugh Hamilton Wines Pty Ltd |
| 1172075 |
Liangchen, Fei. | Major League Baseball Properties Inc. |
| 1442557 SalivEsky | Mediscan Pty Ltd. | The Coleman Company, Inc |
| 1455834 |
Societe Francaise De Laboratoires D’oenologie Sofralab. | Comite Interprofessionel Du Vin De Champagne |
| 1298497 GRAND AVALON | Viceroy Cayman Limited. | Mantra IP Pty Ltd |
Opposition (Trademark Refused)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1258396 MADDEN GENERATION | Steve Madden (Aust) Pty Ltd. | Steven Madden Ltd |
| 1327324 D&J | Fonseka, Jude and Fonseka, Devika. | Gado S.R.L. |
| 1374541 REBEL SPIRIT | Jiang, Xia Ling. | Rebel Sport Limited |
| 1275278 FREE BARS | Mars Australia Pty Ltd. | Kraft Foods Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1353460 Greekilicious | Prime Creative Media Pty Ltd. | Maria Benardis |
| 1322686 WE HAVE THE ENERGY | Santos Limited. | BP Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1337686 TROOGLE | Troogle Pty Ltd. | Google Inc. |
Opposition (Trademark Rejected)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1428831 TOTALPATENT | Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc. a Delaware corporation. |