In Zip TM case, High Court says honest use not judged by ‘Robin Hood test’

Intellectual Property 2026-05-13 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

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Buy now, pay later giant Zip Co has lost its challenge against non-bank lender Firstmac’s ‘Zip’ trade mark, with the High Court finding that honest concurrent use was judged by the standards of “ordinary, decent people”, not by a subjective “Robin Hood” test.