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Austin Nichols and Co Inc v Stichting Lodestar

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Decided
  
11 December 2007

End date
  
December 11, 2007

Citation(s)
  
[2007] NZSC 103

Austin Nichols & Co Inc v Stichting Lodestar

Full case name
  
Austin Nichols & Co v Stichting Lodestar

Transcript(s)
  
http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/sinodisp/nz/cases/NZSC/2007/103.html

Judge(s) sitting
  
Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ

Ruling court
  
Supreme Court of New Zealand

Austin Nichols & Co Inc v Stichting Lodestar [2007] NZSC 103 is a decision of the Supreme Court of New Zealand handed down on 11 December 2007. It is the leading authority on the role of an appellate court in general appeals.

Contents

Composition of the Court

Elias CJ, Blanchard, Tipping, McGrath and Anderson JJ. The judgment was unanimous and united. Elias J delivered the Court's reasons.

Decision

This was originally a trade mark dispute, but the importance of the case lies in the impact on civil procedure. Austin Nichols marketed a brand of bourbon called Wild Turkey, Stichting Lodestar wished to register a whiskey called Wild Geese.

References

Austin Nichols & Co Inc v Stichting Lodestar Wikipedia
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