Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ranbaxy Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 110 781 826) v Warner-Lambert Company LLC [2008] FCAFC 82
PATENTS – construction of patent – construction of specification – common general knowledge in relevant field of art – whether patent is restricted to the racemate of a claimed compound or extends to the enantiomers of the compounds individually and mixtures of the enantiomers PATENTS – revocation of patent – whether patent obtained by false suggestion or misrepresentation – representation in specification – representation in correspondence with Commissioner's delegate – whether claimed invention is a patentable invention – whether claimed invention is a manner of manufacture within the meaning of the Statute of Monopolies – whether claimed invention is useful
Patents Act 1952 (Cth)s 100 Patents Act 1990 (Cth)ss 3, 7, 18, 138 Statute of Monopolies (21 Jac. 1, c. 3) Advanced Building Systems Pty Limited v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Limited (1998) 194 CLR 171 cited Fawcett v Homan (1896) 13 RPC 398 cited ICI Chemicals & Polymers Limited v The Lubrizol Corporation Inc (2000) 106 FCR 214 cited IG Farbenindustrie AG's Patents, Re (1930) 47 RPC 289 cited Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Ely Lilly & Co (2005) 225 ALR 416 cited Prestige Group (Australia) Pty Limited v Dart Industries Inc (1990) 95 ALR 533 cited Rehm Pty Limited v Webster's Security Systems (International) Pty Limited (1981) 81 ALR 79 cited Re IG Farbenindustrie AG's Patents (1930) 47 RPC 289 at 322-3 cited Synthetic Turf Development Pty Limited v Sports Technology International Pty Limited [2004] FCA 1179 cited Welcome Real-Time SA v Catuity Inc (2001) 113 FCR 110 cited WM Wrigley Jr Co v Cadbury Schweppes Pty Limited (2005) 66 IPR 298 cited
RANBAXY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 110 871 826) v WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLC VID90 OF 2007 WARNER-LAMBERT COMPANY LLC v RANBAXY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 110 871 826) VID93 OF 2007
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