Benjamin Gardiner
- Intellectual Property
Ben Gardiner was admitted to the Queensland Bar in 2004 and signed the Roll of the Victorian Bar in 2008. Ben has degrees in Pharmacy (UQ, 1988), Business (QUT, 1995) and Law (JD, UQ, 2004) and completed postgraduate studies in Law (BCL) at the University of Oxford in 2005.
Ben teaches Intellectual Property Litigation in the Melbourne Law Masters program, at the University of Melbourne. He also appears pro bono in administrative law (migration) cases referred by Justice Connect.
Before joining the Bar, Ben was associate to the Hon Michael Black AC QC (then Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia).
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Contact
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- F03 9225 8668
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Murray Gleeson Chambers
Level 39
239 George Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Jane King
03 9225 8558
Expertise
- Appellate
- Confidential Information
- Copyright & Designs
- Information Technology
- Media & Entertainment
- Patents
- Privacy & Data Protection
- Telecommunications
- Trade Marks
Qualifications
Bachelor of Pharmacy
Bachelor of Business
Juris Doctor (JD)
Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)
Victoria
Queensland
State and Territory Courts and Tribunals
Federal Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
Recent Cases
NQ Group Pty Ltd v CQ Group Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 317 - passing off - discovery dispute - relevance of respondent's intention. Madden v Seafolly Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 30 – Full Court appeal - trade practices - defamation. Roebuck v News Limited [2014] ATMO 19 - trade marks opposition.
AstraZeneca AB v Alphapharm Pty Ltd VID876 of 2013 – pharmaceutical patent dispute.
Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd v The Natural Cordial Company Pty LtdVID 952 of 2013 – trade mark infringement, passing off, breach of Australian Consumer Law – cross-claim for invalidity of trade mark – settled at mediation. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (2013) 101 IPR 11 – pharmaceutical patent dispute – three patents – issues of infringement and invalidity.
Feggari Pty Ltd v ModelCo Pty Ltd VID 387 of 2013 – trade mark infringement, passing off claim – cross-claim for invalidity – settled at mediation. Australian Postal Corporation v Digital Post Australia Pty Ltd (No 2)[2012] FCA 862 - trade mark infringement, passing off, breach of ACL. Seafolly Pty Ltd v Madden (2012) 98 IPR 389 - injurious falsehood, defamation, breach of TPA, copyright infringement. Seek Ltd v GMO (WA) Pty Ltd [2012] ATMO 25 - trade mark opposition. Complete Technology Integrations Pty Ltd v Green Energy Management Solutions Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1319 - summary judgment - breach of employment contract, trade mark infringement, copyright infringement, breach of confidence, joint tortfeasorship of directors.
Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Construction Technologies Australia Pty LtdVID322 of 2011 – trade mark infringement, infringement of copyright, breach of contract, breach of contract, passing off, breach of trade practices legislation, joint tortfeasorship – settled at mediation.
Ron Englehart Pty Ltd v Enterprise Constructions (Australia) Pty Ltd[2012] FCAFC 4 – Full Court appeal concerning copyright in building plans.
Groupon Inc v Scoopon Pty Ltd VID 655 of 2010 – breach of trade practices legislation, passing off. Yarra Valley Dairy Pty Ltd v Lemnos Foods Pty Ltd (2010) 191 FCR 297 - trade mark infringement, passing off, Part V TPA. Nutrientwater Pty Ltd v Baco Pty Ltd (2010) 265 ALR 140 - passing off, breach of Part V of the TPA.
Dimokranitis v Exotic Limo Pty Ltd [2010] ATMO 69 - trade mark opposition.
Liquideng Farm Supplies Pty Ltd v Liquid Engineering 2003 Pty Ltd(2009) 79 IPR 439 - Full Court appeal concerning the principles to be applied when assessing an account of profits.
Ben teaches Intellectual Property Litigation in the Melbourne Law Masters program, at the University of Melbourne. He also appears pro bono in administrative law (migration) cases referred by PILCH.
Publications
Intellectual Property Update - Screenshots from webpages held to be inadmissible hearsay by the Federal Court of Australia
28 March 2017Intellectual Property Law Update - Challenge to admissibility of survey evidence rejected
16 March 2017Intellectual Property Update - Trade Mark Attorney privilege is not the same as Legal Professional Privilege
10 March 2017Intellectual Property Law Update - Name of one of Burkina Faso’s 45 provinces rejected under s 41 TMA because it is a geographic location
18 June 2016Intellectual Property Update - Hells Angels ordered to give security for costs
21 March 2016Intellectual Property Law Update - Abbreviations and the “own name” defence
19 October 2015Intellectual Property Case Update - Close but no cigar
07 October 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - MALTITOS not deceptively similar to MALTESERS
31 August 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Two yachts, one Anchorage
16 June 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Indemnity costs ordered in Goose fight
09 June 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Late evidence at the ATMO
01 June 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Wild Goose chase might go all the way
28 May 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Simple does not equal generic – Apple Inc
25 May 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - What on earth is honest concurrent use?
22 May 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - Revocation in the ATMO
07 April 2015Intellectual Property Law Update: Are there new rules on inherent adaptation to distinguish?
31 March 2015Intellectual Property Law Update - AUSTRALIA’S CHEAPEST CHEMIST Trade Mark invalid
03 October 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Evidence in the Trade Marks Office – Common Problems – Part 2
12 September 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Evidence in the Trade Marks Office – Common problems – Part 1
14 August 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Additional damages under s 126(2) TMA can be retrospective
11 August 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Should foreign words be registrable as trade mark?
16 June 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - $91k additional damages for TM infringement awarded
06 May 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - No news is not always good news
30 April 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - “Yellow” not inherently adapted to distinguish – who knew?
03 March 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Bugatti GmbH v Shine Forever Men Pty Ltd
14 February 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Trade Mark owner restrained from use of its own mark
12 February 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - Bob Jane Corp Pty Ltd v ACN 149 801 141 Pty Ltd
12 February 2014Intellectual Property Law Update - A Classic Case: The Shell Company of Australia Ltd v Esso Standard Oil (Australia) Ltd (1963)
Memberships
Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand (IPSANZ)
Victorian Bar - Commercial Bar Association