Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202 Appeal from: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents [2020] FCA 778
File number: NSD 787 of 2020
Judgment of: MIDDLETON, PERRAM AND NICHOLAS JJ
Date of judgment: 19 November 2021
Catchwords: PATENTS – manner of manufacture – electronic gaming machines ('EGMs') – innovation patent for EGMs and methods for providing feature games – application for leave to appeal from decision of primary judge concluding claims were to a manner of manufacture within the meaning of s 18 of Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – patentability of 'computer-implemented inventions' – where primary judge applied a two-stage inquiry for patentability – whether two-stage inquiry correct
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 28(1)(c) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 18(1)(a), 18(1A)(a), 158(2) Patents Act 1977 (UK) s 1(2) Statute of Monopolies 1624 (21 Jac 1 c 3) s 6
Cases cited: A Couple'A Cowboys Pty Ltd v Ward (1995) 31 IPR 45 Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank Int'l 573 US 208 (2014) Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Konami Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 735; 114 IPR 28 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v F H Faulding & Co Ltd [2000] FCA 316; 97 FCR 524 CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd [1994] FCA 396; 51 FCR 260 Commissioner of Patents v Rokt Pte Ltd [2020] FCAFC 86; 277 FCR 267 Commissioner of Patents v RPL Central Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 177; 238 FCR 27 D'Arcy v Myriad Genetics Inc [2015] HCA 35; 258 CLR 354 Dynamite Games Pty Ltd v Aruze Gaming Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 163; 100 IPR 86 Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 421; 130 IPR 387 Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 161; 372 ALR 646 Grant v Commissioner of Patents [2006] FCAFC 120; 154 FCR 62 International Business Machines Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1991) 33 FCR 218 Konami Australia Pty Ltd v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 103 Meat & Livestock Australia Limited v Cargill, Inc [2018] FCA 51; 129 IPR 278 National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents [1959] HCA 67; 102 CLR 252 Neurizon Pty Ltd v LTH Consulting and Marketing Services Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 1547; 58 IPR 93 NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 655 Official Ruling 1926A (1926) 43 RPC Appendix I Re Cobianchi's Application (1953) 70 RPC 199 Re Peter Szabo and Associates Pty Ltd (2005) AIPC ¶92-094 Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents [2014] FCAFC 150; 227 FCR 378 Reynolds v Herbert Smith & Co Ltd (1903) 20 RPC 123 Watson v Commissioner of Patents [2020] FCAFC 56; 150 IPR 207 TA Blanco White, Patents for Inventions, 5th ed. Stevens & Sons, London, 1983
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