In February 2020, we reported on the Federal Court case of
Urban Alley Brewery v La Sirène, in which the
Federal Court of Australia found in favour of Melbourne brewer La
Sirène s cross-claim to have Melbourne brewer Urban
Alley s trade mark for URBAN ALE cancelled from the Australian
Trade Marks Register. Our case summary is available here.
A bitter end
The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has now handed
down their decision in Urban Alley s appeal from the Federal
Court s judgement. The Full Court (Middleton, Yates, and Lee
JJ) dismissed Urban Alley s appeal with costs, agreeing with