Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCAFC 223 Appeal from: Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2019] FCA 1956 Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2021] FCA 31
File number: WAD 39 of 2021
Judgment of: PERRAM, NICHOLAS AND BURLEY JJ
Date of judgment: 8 December 2021
Catchwords: PATENTS – manner of manufacture under s 18(1A) of Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – computer-implemented inventions – application for leave to appeal from decisions and orders of primary judge dismissing appeal against revocation of innovation patents – where invention involved use of GPS-enabled mobile devices for dealing with risk management information – whether patentable subject matter
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 102(1), 105
Cases cited: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents [2020] FCA 778; 38 ALR 400 CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd [1994] FCA 396; 51 FCR 260 Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202 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 International Business Machines Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1991) 33 FCR 218 Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents [2014] FCAFC 150; 227 FCR 378
Division: General Division
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