Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Nichia Corporation v Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 2 Appeal from: Nichia Corporation v Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd (No 4) [2017] FCA 864
File number: NSD 1638 of 2017
Judges: BESANKO, JAGOT AND NICHOLAS JJ
Date of judgment: 29 January 2019
Catchwords: PATENTS – construction – patent claimed light emitting device which "contains fluorescent material represented by a general formula" – whether "contains" used inclusively or exhaustively – primary judge's construction preferable – appeal dismissed. PATENTS – obviousness – inventive step – primary judge's findings of fact demonstrated no inventive step – claimed invention was obvious – cross-appeal allowed.
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7(2), 18(b)(ii), 40(3)
Cases cited: Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 59; (2002) 212 CLR 411 Aldi Foods Pty Ltd v Moroccanoil Israel Ltd [2018] FCAFC 93; 133 IPR 375 Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd v Streetworx Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 29; (2016) 245 FCR 485 Astrazeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30; (2015) 257 CLR 356 Bitech Engineering v Garth Living Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 75; (2010) 86 IPR 468 Brugger v Medic-Aid Ltd [1996] RPC 635 Conor Medsystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc [2008] RPC 28 Convatec Ltd v Smith & Nephew Healthcare Ltd (2012) 129 RPC 182 Electric & Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd [1938] 4 All ER 221 Eli Lilly and Co Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 214; (2013) 100 IPR 451 Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd v Gambro Pty Ltd [2005] FCAFC 220; (2005) 224 ALR 168 Generic Health Pty Ltd v Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft [2014] FCAFC 73; (2014) 222 FCR 336 Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 196; (2017) 134 IPR 1 Johns-Manville Corporation's Patent [1967] RPC 479 Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd [2004] UKHL 46; [2005] 1 All ER 667 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 58; (2004) 217 CLR 274 Multigate Medical Devices Pty Ltd v B Braun Melsungen AG [2016] FCAFC 21; (2016) 117 IPR 1 NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Limited (1993) 44 FCR 239 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation v Biorex Laboratories Ltd [1970] RPC 157 Product Management Group Pty Ltd v Blue Gentian LLC [2015] FCAFC 179; (2015) 240 FCR 85 Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel [1961] HCA 91; (1961) 106 CLR 588 Wellcome Foundation Limited v VR Laboratories (Aust) Proprietary Limited [1981] HCA 12; (1981) 148 CLR 262 Whitaker v Child Support Registrar [2010] FCAFC 112
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