Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA Merck & Co Inc v Arrow Pharmaceuticals Limited [2006] FCAFC 91
PATENTS – bisphosphonates known to inhibit bone resorption – oral administration of bisphosphonates known to cause gastrointestinal side effects – administration of bisphosphonates at high relative dosage and low relative dosing frequency found to reduce side effects PATENTS – manner of manufacture – new dosage regime for known substance to treat known condition – high dosage weekly as opposed to regimens of low dosage daily or cyclic treatments PATENTS – novelty – industry journal distributed via mailing list – whether to be 'publicly available' a publication must be catalogued or identified in a way which would enable anybody to find it – articles suggest dosage regime 'needs to be tested' – whether articles nonetheless constitute an anticipation
WORDS AND PHRASES – 'publicly available'
Patents Act 1903 (Cth) s 47 Patents Act 1952 (Cth) s 100(1)(g) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7(1), 18, 138, 186, 40
Arrow Pharmaceuticals Limited v Merck & Co Inc [2004] FCA 1282 overruled Anaesthetic Supplies Pty Ltd v Rescare Ltd (1994) 50 FCR 1 cited Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v F H Faulding & Co Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 524 applied Commissioner of Patents v Microcell Ltd (1959) 102 CLR 232 cited National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1950) 102 CLR 252 applied N V Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 655 considered Sunbeam Corporation v Morphy-Richards (Aust) Pty Ltd (1961) 180 CLR 98 cited Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 171 at 191-192 cited Fomento Industrial SA v Metmore Manufacturing Co Ltd [1956] RPC 87 cited Re Bristol Myers and Co's Application[1969] RPC 146 cited Morgan & Co v Windover & Co [1890] 7 RPC 131 Elias v Grovesend Tinplate Company [1890[ 7 RPC 455 approved Stanway Oyster Cylinders Pty Ltd v Marks (1996) 35 IPR 71 at 74-75 cited Vallance v The Queen (1961) 108 CLR 56 at 76 cited Hill v Evans (1861) 4 De G F & J 288, 45 ER 1195 followed C Van Der Lely NV v Bamfords Limited [1963] RPC 61 followed Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 applied
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