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In the end, the proposal of passing her over to a tanker bound for New Plymouth was deemed too dangerous and Westgate duty superintendent Gordon MacPherson flew to Korea to bring her home. A limousine picked her up from the New Plymouth Airport, and then Colin's was made an honorary ambassador for her home city. She still lives at the tanker terminal, her home for the past 11 years, and dines on fresh fish and a lifetime supply of Whiskas cat food. From to , the alpine animal lived at the North Egmont Mountain House with manager and guide Harry Williams, who rescued the kitten from bush.
Ginger was popular with visitors to Mount Taranaki and regularly followed tramping and walking parties. On January 16, , Ginger became the first feline to climb unaided to the summit.
The party of five women was guided by Mr Williams, who took photographs of the top cat and made him up a certificate verifying his ascent. It was nothing unusual to see poor old Ginger lying on his back with his paws in the air, they were so frost-bitten.
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Ginger's worn collar is now part of the Puke Ariki collection. But there have been reports of an even tougher cat than Ginger.
In January , the Taranaki Herald told of a honey-coloured cat that attacked an year-old woman in her Mangorei Rd garden. The cat had been lurking in a flowerbed, when it leapt at Winifred Miles' face. She raised her hands in protection and the cat ripped open both forearms, exposing an artery in one.
Mrs Miles was admitted to Taranaki Base Hospital, but was released the next day feeling shaken by the stray's viciousness. In , Pam and Arthur Huggett's monstrous moggy was crowned New Zealand's fattest cat, weighing in at The sizeable announcement opened a can of worms nationwide and claims of bigger beasts flowed in. But they were too late — Fluff had already won the Iams Petfood prize.
He was then plied with diet biscuits that helped him shed about 2kg in nine months, beating the next weight shifter by gms equivalent to a pound of butter. In June , Jean and Peter Matthews couldn't find their feline. They searched low and then high, finally spying Tiger at the tip-top of a macrocarpa tree. The couple tried to coax their pet down to earth, but she ignored all calls and edible incentives.
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Finally, the cat-catching cavalry was called in. A council worker climbed the pine, finding fur and collar, but no cat. It was believed there had been a furtive getaway, but the next day Tiger was spotted in the neighbouring tree. Finally the council and SPCA came up with a cutting plan, sending a worker skywards with a saw. Tiger's branch was then cut off, while the SPCA waited below with a safety net to catch her.
Somehow, the falling feline missed the net, and dropped into bushes. She was unhurt, and surprisingly perky after her lofty adventure, which saw her stranded up high for 16 days. In the early s, Spotswood College's adopted tortoiseshell set off the school's burglar alarm more than 20 times in one year. The burglar alert was always set ringing after midnight. The clever cat marred his school record when he began hiding inside or sneaking back in when the buildings were used after hours. When the late-night callouts proved too stressful for the caretaker, Spotswood was expelled. He went to live on a Stratford farm.
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Other schools, plus sports clubs and rest homes have live-in cats. There are also a lot of stories of when the cat came back. Nearly two years after Sam was believed to have been bowled by a car and buried under a lemon tree on the New Plymouth Girls' High School ground, the black cat came back. Sam went missing in June , and despite appeals on Radio Taranaki's Petline, along with neighbourhood checks, the Tuckers heard nothing.
He knew exactly where the food bowl used to be, all the routines. The mere use of a different brand name on the look-alike products may enable the copycat to argue that there is adequate differentiation, so avoiding consumer confusion, the key element needed for protection under current law.
Reliable evidence of actual confusion leading to customers buying the wrong product can be difficult and costly to come by.
Although under the Trade Marks Act it is possible to seek registration for colours, shapes and packaging, it is not always possible for a brand owner to keep their registrations up to date with their current packaging. The common law remedy of passing off is the best known method of tackling copycat packaging, but there have been few successful cases.
Although the renowned case of United Biscuits v Asda [] RPC found that there had been passing off when Asda created their own Puffin biscuits in very similar packaging to Penguin biscuits, the case did not set any real precedent. Recently the Gowers Review November concluded that passing off is insufficient to protect against copycats, and recommended that the success of implementation of the directive be monitored.
The directive sought to introduce a general EU-wide prohibition against treating consumers unfairly. The regulations adopt what the directive stated can amount to unfair commercial practices. In summary, there are three categories: Copycat packaging is one of 31 blacklisted activities. On first appearance this blanket prohibition provides an effective remedy.
However, the regulations do not allow competitors to take direct action against infringing businesses. Instead a complaint must be made to the enforcement authority — effectively either the OFT or local trading standards. Most consumers who buy copycat products are unlikely to complain, either because they are unaware that they have done so or, given its relatively low consumer value, they do not want to cause a fuss or be embarrassed by their mistake.
The enforcement authorities have no absolute duty to enforce the regulations, and even though copycat packaging is prohibited they will probably consider resources and actual harm to consumers before acting. The regulations fail to implement the option in the directive of giving brand owners the power to take direct action. They will also be best placed to assess when a case merits devoting time and resources, particularly if they are considering action against one of their large customers.
Ireland is giving both companies and national authorities the right to take legal action. The writer is aware that efforts are ongoing to persuade the government to allow brand owners to take direct action. If brand owners had an effective weapon in their arsenal it could be of great deterrent value.
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