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Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd

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JurisdictionSouth Africa
Citation1993 (2) SA 307 (A)
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44 practice notes
  • Principles and policy in unlawful competition: An Aquilian mask?
    • South Africa
    • Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 29 May 2019
    ...mores by onregmatige mededinging' (1989) 52 THRHR 115. 34 See, for example, Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnson & Son (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A). 35 P Q R Boberg 'The role of fault in determining the lawfulness of competition' (1991) 54 THRHR 43 at 55. 36 See Elida Gibbs (Pty) Ltd......
  • Caterham Car Sales & Coachworks Ltd v Birkin Cars (Pty) Ltd and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1 All ER 873): dictum at 406 (RPC) and 880g --h (All ER) applied Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): dictum at 315B Rogaly v General Imports (Pty) Ltd 1948 (1) SA 1216 (C): referred to Roos v Engineering Fabricators (Edms) Bpk 1974 (3) SA 545 ......
  • Polaris Capital (Pty) Ltd v Registrar of Companies and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Another v Sporttopia (Pty) Ltd 2000 (3) SA 259 (SCA): referred to I Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnston & Sons SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): applied South Cape Corporation (Pty) Ltd v Engineering Management Services (Pty) Ltd 1977 (3) SA 534 (A): dictum at 544H - 545A considered......
  • South Africa : Chapter 9
    • South Africa
    • Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2002-34, January 2002
    • 1 January 2002
    ...but sufficient-ly to take in its general appearance.” The court in Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty)Ltd v SC Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 2 SA 307 (A) 315 qualifies the con-cept even further in that he/she must belong to “the class of persons who arelikely to be purchasers of the goods in questi......
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40 cases
  • Caterham Car Sales & Coachworks Ltd v Birkin Cars (Pty) Ltd and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1 All ER 873): dictum at 406 (RPC) and 880g --h (All ER) applied Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): dictum at 315B Rogaly v General Imports (Pty) Ltd 1948 (1) SA 1216 (C): referred to Roos v Engineering Fabricators (Edms) Bpk 1974 (3) SA 545 ......
  • Polaris Capital (Pty) Ltd v Registrar of Companies and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Another v Sporttopia (Pty) Ltd 2000 (3) SA 259 (SCA): referred to I Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnston & Sons SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): applied South Cape Corporation (Pty) Ltd v Engineering Management Services (Pty) Ltd 1977 (3) SA 534 (A): dictum at 544H - 545A considered......
  • Singh v Ebrahim
    • South Africa
    • KwaZulu-Natal High Court, Durban
    • Invalid date
    ...p25 Koen, J See also the remarks by Harms, AJA. (as he then was) in Reckitt & Coleman SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson and Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 2 SA 307 A at 315 E – F; Holtzhauzen v Roodt 1997 4 SA 766 W at 774 F – [36] Apart from some of the difficulties and deficiencies in the evidence, allud......
  • GrainCo (Pty) Ltd v Van der Merwe and Others
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...(Pty) Ltd v Brooks 1935 WLD 75: referred to J 2014 (5) SA p446 Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): referred to A Van der Watt v Jonker [2011] ZASCA 140: Weinberg v Mervis 1953 (3) SA 863 (C): referred to. Australia Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Mi......
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4 books & journal articles
  • Principles and policy in unlawful competition: An Aquilian mask?
    • South Africa
    • Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 29 May 2019
    ...mores by onregmatige mededinging' (1989) 52 THRHR 115. 34 See, for example, Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnson & Son (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A). 35 P Q R Boberg 'The role of fault in determining the lawfulness of competition' (1991) 54 THRHR 43 at 55. 36 See Elida Gibbs (Pty) Ltd......
  • South Africa : Chapter 9
    • South Africa
    • Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2002-34, January 2002
    • 1 January 2002
    ...but sufficient-ly to take in its general appearance.” The court in Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty)Ltd v SC Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 2 SA 307 (A) 315 qualifies the con-cept even further in that he/she must belong to “the class of persons who arelikely to be purchasers of the goods in questi......
  • Bibliography
    • South Africa
    • Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2002-34, January 2002
    • 1 January 2002
    ...(Pty) Ltd vWorld Printing and Publishing Co.Ltd 1970 (1) SA 454 (W)Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd vSC Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd1993 2 SA 307 (A)S v Makwanyane 1995 (6) BCLR665 (C)SABC v O’Malley 1977 (3) SA 394(A). Safari Surf Shop CC vHeavywater [1996] 4 All SA 316(D)Schultz v Butt 1986 3 ......
  • Statutory trade mark infringement and questions about confusion
    • South Africa
    • South African Intellectual Property Law Journal No. , February 2020
    • 12 February 2020
    ...Commi ssion, Depar tment of Trade and I ndustr y for the statistic.24 Reckitt & Colma n SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson & Son S A (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A) 315–316.25 Online Lotter y Services (Pt y) Ltd v National Lotter ies Board 2010 (5) SCA 349 (SCA).26 Dinnermates (n3) para [27] — becau ......
44 provisions
  • Principles and policy in unlawful competition: An Aquilian mask?
    • South Africa
    • Acta Juridica No. , August 2019
    • 29 May 2019
    ...mores by onregmatige mededinging' (1989) 52 THRHR 115. 34 See, for example, Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnson & Son (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A). 35 P Q R Boberg 'The role of fault in determining the lawfulness of competition' (1991) 54 THRHR 43 at 55. 36 See Elida Gibbs (Pty) Ltd......
  • Caterham Car Sales & Coachworks Ltd v Birkin Cars (Pty) Ltd and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...1 All ER 873): dictum at 406 (RPC) and 880g --h (All ER) applied Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v S C Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): dictum at 315B Rogaly v General Imports (Pty) Ltd 1948 (1) SA 1216 (C): referred to Roos v Engineering Fabricators (Edms) Bpk 1974 (3) SA 545 ......
  • Polaris Capital (Pty) Ltd v Registrar of Companies and Another
    • South Africa
    • Invalid date
    ...Another v Sporttopia (Pty) Ltd 2000 (3) SA 259 (SCA): referred to I Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty) Ltd v SC Johnston & Sons SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 (2) SA 307 (A): applied South Cape Corporation (Pty) Ltd v Engineering Management Services (Pty) Ltd 1977 (3) SA 534 (A): dictum at 544H - 545A considered......
  • South Africa : Chapter 9
    • South Africa
    • Transactions of the Centre for Business Law No. 2002-34, January 2002
    • 1 January 2002
    ...but sufficient-ly to take in its general appearance.” The court in Reckitt & Colman SA (Pty)Ltd v SC Johnson & Son SA (Pty) Ltd 1993 2 SA 307 (A) 315 qualifies the con-cept even further in that he/she must belong to “the class of persons who arelikely to be purchasers of the goods in questi......
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