BROTHER CORP WINS CASE AGAINST………..

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Date: Monday December 17, 2007 02:13:00 pm
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    Brother Wins Case Against Aussie Drum Distributor
    December
    2007 Brother Industries in Nagoya, Japan, announced that Brother
    Industries, Ltd. and Brother International (Aust.) Pty Ltd.
    (collectively “Brother”) have been successful in a Federal Court case
    against Dynamic Supplies Pty Ltd (“Dynamic Supplies”), one of
    Australia’s largest distributors of computer consumables.In 2004,
    Brother notified Dynamic Supplies that it was infringing Brother’s
    trade marks by selling OEM printer drum units (which has different
    specification than that of Brother-branded printer drum units) as
    Brother-branded printer drum units.

    Dynamic Supplies rejected
    Brother’s allegations and the matter was then taken to court.The
    Federal Court found that Dynamic Supplies imported and sold unbranded,
    OEM printer drum units in counterfeit Brother packaging. Those printer
    drum units were sold by Dynamic Supplies as Brother-branded DR200
    printer drum units.

    The Court made two significant rulings in this case.
    1
    A reseller is not permitted to apply a manufacturer’s trade mark to OEM
    goods that the manufacturer did not intend to be sold under its trade
    mark.
    2 If OEM goods pass through the supply chain of a subsidiary
    of a trade mark owner as branded goods but without the authorization of
    the trade mark owner itself, it does not follow that the trade mark
    owner will be deemed to have authorized the use of its trade mark on
    those goods by virtue of the conduct of its subsidiary. For the use of
    the trade mark to be authorized, it must be applied with the direct
    authority of the trade mark owner itself.

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