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AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd
[2015] HCA 30
Citation 1
(Para 24)
…However, in AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30 (at [23]), the High Court noted that: “The notional person is not an avatar for expert witnesses whose testimony is accepted by the court. It is a pale shadow of a real person – a tool of analysis which guides the court in determining, by reference to exp…
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Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd (No 3)
[2011] FCA 846
Citation 2
(Para 6)
…as I understand the case law, is not within the purview of novelty. In this regard I note Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd (No 3) [2011] FCA 846 where Jagot J stated at [182]: “This is not to say, however, that disclosure sufficient to undermine novelty involves a subjective test. As with infrin…
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Danisco A/S v Novozymes A/S (No 2)
[2011] FCA 282
Citation 3
(Para 10)
…ressions or is difficult to construe as long as it provides a workable standard suitable to the intended use ( Danisco A/S v Novozymes A/S (No 2) [2011] FCA 282 at [40]). The key consideration is what constitutes a workable standard in the present case.…
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KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd v Insta Image Pty Ltd
[2007] FCA 812
Citation 4
(Para 22)
…In KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd v Insta Image Pty Ltd (2007) FCA 481; 71 IPR 615 Kiefel J identified ([16]) the skilled addressee as: “...a person acquainted with the surrounding circumstances of the state of the art and manufacture at the relevant time ... They are likely to have a practical interest in the subject matter of the invention ... and may oft…
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Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2)
[2007] HCA 21
Citation 5
(Para 8)
…siderations “[have] a role to play in a case concerning an inventive step” ( Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] HCA 21).…
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KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd v Insta Image Pty Ltd
[2007] FCA 481
Citation 6
(Para 22)
…In KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd v Insta Image Pty Ltd (2007) FCA 481; 71 IPR 615 Kiefel J identified ([16]) the skilled addressee as: “...a person acquainted with the surrounding circumstances of the state of the art and manufacture at the relevant time ... They are likely to have a practical interest in the…
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Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
[2002] HCA 59
Citation 7
(Para 3)
…giving evidence as to have knowledge as at the priority date. For example, as noted by the High Court in Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 59, the “Cripps question” approach to obviousness asks (my emphasis): “Would the notional research group at the relevant date , in all the circumstances … d…
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Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd
[2000] FCA 980
Citation 8
(Para 23)
…In Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 980; 9 IPR 225, Finkelstein J stated at [70]: “He is the person to whom the patent is addressed and who must construe it. He is the person whose knowledge will determine whether a patent is novel. He is the person who will judge whether a pate…
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F.Hoffman-La Roche AG v New England Biolabs Inc
[2000] FCA 283
Citation 9
(Para 15)
…onus rests with the opponent to clearly establish its case in reaching a conclusion on any issue. In F. Hoffman-La Roche AG v New England Biolabs Inc [2000] FCA 283, Emmett J of the Federal Court found that in opposition proceedings, the Court (and by implication the Commissioner of Patents in their role as a tri…
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Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd
[1981] HCA 12
Citation 10
(Para 25)
…iousness has been extensively considered by the courts. In particular Aickin J. stated in Wellcome Foundation Ltd. v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty. Ltd. [1981] HCA 12 at [45]; (1981) 148 CLR 262 at 286 (“ Wellcome Foundation ”): “The test is whether the hypothetical addressee faced with the same problem would have…
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co v Beiersdorf (Australia) Ltd
[1980] HCA 9
Citation 11
(Para 3)
…ing of new products, or the making of improvements in old” (as per Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v Beiersdorf (Australia) Ltd [1980] HCA 9)? Like Mr Nicholson, I do not think that Mr Husband is forbidden from making comments on common general knowledge on manufacturing high-throughput consumables, but it…
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Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd
[1977] HCA 19
Citation 12
(Para 14)
…novelty in judgements. The judgements indicate that the basic test for anticipation is that set out in Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd (1977) 137 CLR 228 at page 235; that is: “The basic test for anticipation or want of novelty is the same as that for infringement and generally one can ask oneself whet…
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Nicaro Holdings Pty Ltd v Martin Engineering Co
[1990] FCA 40
Citation 13
(Para 15)
…integers of the claim, but if the essential integers are not disclosed in the citation, the claim is novel (see Nicaro Holdings v Martin Engineering 16 IPR 545 and Catnic Components Ltd v Hill and Smith (1982) RPC 183).…
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CSL Limited v Isconova AB et al
[2016] APO 82
Citation 14
(Para 19)
…xpert evidence was not needed, it makes the delay even more astonishing. I note it was stated by the Deputy Commissioner in CSL Limited v Isconova AB [2016] APO 82: “it is generally recognised that amendments made to the patent specification may require the case made by the opponent to be amended and consequenti…