Chemist Warehouse lawsuit
August 10, 2015
The owners of
Chemist Warehouse,
Mario Verrocchi and
Jack Gance, have
lodged a Statement
of Claim in the Federal Court of
Australia against Hue and Thanh
Vin Thai, the owners of Your
Chemist Outlet Pty Ltd which trades
as Queensland pharmacy group
Chemhouse.
The intellectual property claim,
which is set down for a case
management hearing early next
month, alleges there is “substantial
similarity” between Chemhouse’s
branding on its stores, catalogues
and websites.
Chemist Warehouse claims
Chemhouse is engaging in
misleading and deceptive conduct,
passing off and trademark
infringement because its logo
(pictured) is “substantially identical
with or deceptively similar to” that
of Chemist
Warehouse.
There are
currently five
Chemhouse
pharmacies in the Brisbane suburbs
of Springfield Lakes, Carseldine,
Acacia Ridge, Hillcrest and Mt
Gravatt.
Verrocchi and Gance are seeking
damages and the cancellation of
the Chemhouse trademark, as
well as orders that Chemhouse
be “restrained from continuing its
infringing behaviour”.
Chemist Warehouse last year
lost an intellectual property case
against Direct Chemist Outlet which
was also accused of infringing the
Chemist Warehouse trademark.
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