Ironman 4×4 recently took action to enforce design rights

Ironman 4×4 has achieved a successful outcome in proceedings before the Federal Court of Australia, following action taken to protect its Australian design rights against Zeus 4×4 Accessories Pty Ltd and Mr Hassan Nazari.
On 17 July 2025, Ironman 4×4 commenced proceedings in the Federal Court, asserting Zeus and Hassan had infringed six of Ironman 4×4’s certified Australian design registrations, which protect the company’s proprietary Premium, Deluxe and Raid bull bar and Raid canopy designs.
Following those proceedings, Zeus and Hassan gave formal undertakings to the Federal Court of Australia, confirmed by the Court as binding, requiring them to cease the manufacture, importation, and sale of the specified bull bar and canopy products sold under the Zeus 4×4 brand for the duration of Ironman 4×4’s design registrations; and destroy (by recycling) all Zeus 4×4 canopy products that were the subject of the Federal Court proceeding, and provide a certificate of destruction confirming completion of that process.
“Ironman 4×4’s primary objective – to stop the sale of the bull bar and canopy products that it asserted infringed its design rights and to ensure those products were destroyed – has been fully achieved. Consequently, the proceedings have now been discontinued,” Ironman 4×4 Managing Director, Tom Jacob, said.
“This outcome reinforces Ironman 4×4’s commitment to protecting the integrity of its designs and the innovation behind our products.
“We invest significant resources in the research, development, and engineering of premium 4×4 accessories, and we will not hesitate to take legal action where others attempt to infringe our intellectual property rights.”

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