Australian colour marks

Fashion Law Newsletter – Spring/Summer 2016 Edition

Nov 23 2016

“Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.” – Carolina Herrera

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Contact: Lisa Egan

Green with Envy: Colour Trade Marks in Australia

Sep 05 2016

Frucor Beverages Limited (Frucor), the manufacturer of energy drink, V, has unsuccessfully tried to register a trade mark for the colour green. Last month, Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola), the manufacturer of Mother energy drinks, successfully opposed registration of the trade mark filed in 2012 in relation to energy drinks which consisted of the colour green (Pantone 376c), as shown below.

Coca-Cola opposed the trade mark application on the basis that Pantone 376c Green was not capable of distinguishing Frucor’s energy drinks and that the application was defective. While the opposition failed on the latter ground, Coca-Cola was successful in its argument that Pantone 376c Green was not capable of distinguishing V energy drinks from the energy drinks of other traders.

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