An Australian Trade Mark Opposition Round-Up from the Trade Mark Office Journal dated 21 February 2013.
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Opposition Filed
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1505580 APOLAX | Apotex Technologies Inc. | Madaus GMBH |
| 1498568 |
Assetic Pty Ltd. | Interact Pacific Pty Ltd |
| 1374459 |
Creta Farm Societe Anonyme Industrial And Commercial. | NFR Investments Pty Limited |
| 1517014 PROJECTSEYE | Clark as trustee for the Empire Trust, Nigel. | One Group Retail Holdings Pty Ltd |
| 1502031 |
Edge, Kenneth and Salt Life Pty Ltd. | Salt Life Holdings, Llc |
| 1426110 Perth Maxi Taxi’s | FK & MF Pestonji Pty Ltd. | Cabcharge Australia Limited |
| 1288632 FOOTBALL FANATICS | Fanatics, Inc, a Delaware corporation. | Fanfirm Pty Limited |
| 1384200 |
Fisher, Malcolm and Fraser, Kylie and Jacques, Theresa and Hillman, Ken. | NSW Clinical Excellence Commission |
| 1503424 COPPOLA | GMYL, L.P. | Coppola Ernesto |
| 1500571 DON GIOVANNI | Giovanni Imports Pty Ltd. | Giovanni Cosmetics, Inc. |
| 1490777 |
Hawkins, Dean William. | eBay Inc., a Delaware corporation |
| 1489424 |
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. | Formula One Licensing B.V. |
| 1416642 |
Lear, Allan Hahn. | Der Gruene Punkt – Duales System Deutschland Gmbh |
| 1485426 |
Liang, Rongyan. | Fiat Group Marketing & Corporate Communication S.p.A. |
| 1499737 KRIS KRINGLE | Liquor Stax Australia Pty Ltd. | Franz Haas S.R.L |
| 1503371 |
Mountain Motor Sports Pty Ltd. | Confeeration Of Australian Motor Sport Ltd |
| 1506378 STONERS | Nash, Matthew. | Stoncor Group, Inc. |
| 1413152 |
Panasonic Corporation. | Harman International Industries, Incorporated |
| 1502254 WAYWARD | Philip, Peter. | Sabmiller India Limited |
| 1504123 THE ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL HOME LOTTERY 1504124 |
Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Limited. | So Asher Consultants Pty Ltd |
| 1520499 |
Sanyo Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha. | Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH |
| 1498553 STONEER | Sarcs Stones Pty Ltd. | Stoncor Group Inc. |
| 1404563 |
Sorrentino Bonaventura. | A.G. Professional Hair Care Products Ltd |
| 1483854 TOMMY GUN’S | TG Corporate Holdings Limited. | Russell Manley |
| 1503418 HENRY SUGGESTS 1503420 |
Vivant Group Pty Ltd. | Numatic International Limited |
| 1457667 |
Web Masters Australia Pty Ltd | GTP Icommerce Pty Ltd |
| 1432648 |
Westpac Banking Corporation. | 3i Group Plc |
| 1503269 Brada Industries | Wood, Bradley. | Prada S.A. |
Opposition Discontinued
(Proceeding to registration/protection)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1254651 |
Cooper Bros Holdings Pty Ltd. | Transpacific Industries Pty Ltd |
| 1462274 |
Ayoub, Joseph. | Continental Tire The Americas, LLC |
| 1473404 ShellacMe | Creative Nail Design, Inc.. | Creative Nail Design, Inc. |
| 1394379 LITTLE HEROES | H J Heinz Company Australia Ltd. | Hero |
| 1374645 |
Mount Everest Mineral Water Limited. | Himalayan Spring Mineral Water |
| 1431271 PUNCHTOWN | Punchtown Ltd. | Punch International Pty Ltd |
| 1482139 |
Tae Sung Pty Ltd. | Cmk Australia Pty Ltd |
| 1493566 Evoque Property | Ure, Kirsty and Evoque Property Pty Ltd. | Land Rover |
| 1486500 |
Webber, Jonathan and Webber, Wendy. | Civediamo Pty Ltd And Kahawa (WA) Pty Ltd |
Opposition Dismissed
(Proceeding to registration/protection)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1298177 Mad Keen Fishing Charters 1298700 Mad Keen | Jenkar Developments Pty Ltd | Mad Keen Pty Ltd |
Opposition (Trademark Withdrawn)
| Trademark | Applicant | Opponent |
| 1495320 |
Ambrosia Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd. | APEDA |
| 1495219 |
Encompass Distributor Group Pty Ltd. | Ch’i International Limited |
| 1504852 |
Patterson, Nicole. | Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. |
| 1416933 PROSKINS | Proskins Ltd. | Skins International Trading Ag |
| 1496522 |
Revesby Workers’ Club Ltd. | American Airlines, Inc. |
| 1502174 NOVMET | Shaw, Alison. | Novmet Pty Ltd |
| 1478608 Flameflex | Worldwide Electrical Distributors Limited. | Nexans |