Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 193

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 193 Appeal from: Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 285

File number: NSD 532 of 2017

Judges: ALLSOP Cj, PERRAM and NICHOLAS JJ

Date of judgment: 29 November 2017

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for preliminary discovery – whether Appellant held reasonable belief that it may have had right to obtain relief – consideration of relevant principles EVIDENCE – the opinion rule – whether inadmissible opinion evidence under s 76 of Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) – whether rule applies to preliminary discovery application

Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 15AC Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 4(1), 59(1), 75, 76, 76(1), 77, 136, 190 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 59(4) Legislation Act 2003 (Cth) s 13 Federal Court Rules 1979 (Cth) (repealed) O 15A r 6 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) Division 7.3, rr 7.22, 7.23, 7.23(1), 7.23(1)(a), 7.23(1)(b), 8.05(2), 16.01

Cases cited: Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc [1981] HCA 39; 148 CLR 170 Apache Northwest Pty Ltd v Newcrest Mining Ltd [2009] FCAFC 39; 182 FCR 124 Austrac Operations Pty Ltd (in liq) v New South Wales [2003] FCA 1013 Bailey v Beagle Management Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 60; 105 FCR 136 Bonham v Iluka Resources Ltd [2017] FCAFC 95 C7 Pty Ltd v Foxtel Management Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1864 Dallas Buyers Club LLC v iiNet Limited [2015] FCA 317; 112 IPR 1 Dasreef Pty Ltd v Hawchar [2011] HCA 21; 243 CLR 588 East Grace Corporation v Xing (No 2) [2005] FCA 1266 EBOS Group Pty Ltd v Team Medical Supplies Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 48; 199 FCR 533 Echo Tasmania Pty Ltd v Imperial Chemical Industries PLC [2008] FCAFC 58 George v Rockett [1990] HCA 26; 170 CLR 104 Hatfield v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 69 Higgins v Hancock as Liquidator of Arabella Investments Pty Ltd (in liq) [2011] FCA 1492 Hooper v Kirella Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1584; 96 FCR 1 John Holland Services Pty Ltd v Terranora Group Management Pty Ltd [2004] FCA 679 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; 101 CLR 298 Makita (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sprowles [2001] NSWCA 305; 52 NSWLR 705 Objectivision Pty Ltd v Visionsearch Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1087; 108 IPR 244 Optiver Australia Pty Ltd v Tibra Trading Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1560; 163 FCR 554 Palmer v Dolman [2005] NSWCA 361 Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis AU Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 285 Poole v Australian Pacific Touring Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 424 Re Paxus Services Ltd v People Bank Pty Ltd [1990] FCA 500; 99 ALR 728 Reeve v Aqualast Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 679 Sabre Corporation Pty Ltd v Russ Kalvin's Hair Care Company [1993] FCA 841;46 FCR 428 Specsavers Pty Ltd v Canstar Blue Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1153 St George Bank Ltd v Rabo Australia Ltd [2004] FCA 1360; 211 ALR 147 Strang Aniokaka Ltd v Lihir Gold Ltd (No 2) [2010] FCA 1065 Telstra Corporation Limited v Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy [2008] FCAFC 7; 166 FCR 64 Thomas v Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 144 Toll Transport Pty Ltd v Fleiter [2017] FCA 376 United Voice v Accolade Wines Australia Limited [2013] FCA 285 Voxson Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Limited (No 7) [2017] FCA 267