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CATCHWORDS
PATENTS - Validity of petty patent for sheep lousicide - Petty patent preceded by provisional specification, complete specification and amended complete specification - Appropriate priority date - Whether claim of ,.cty patent is fairly based on any earlier specification ~ Novelty - Significance of priority date - Whether invention disclosed by patent for pour-on formulation for the control of other insects - Disclosure in trials of respondent's product - Obviousness - Opinion evidence as to obviousness of various alleged inventive steps - Evidence of people concerned with the question at the time - History of development of product - Utility - Description of active ingredient of formulation includes pyrethroids which are not useful - Lack of specification of appropriate dose - Failure to specify whole
of solvent formula.
JURISDICTION ~ Revocation of patent - Whether Federal Court of
Australia has power to order revocation.
Patents Act 1952 ss.6, 6A, 35, 36, 39, 40, 45, 45A, 46, 51,
68A, 68B, 100, 103, 104, 105, 146, 148. Trade Practices Act 1974 ss.52, 53.
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 ss.21, 22, 23, 32.
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Bailey v_ Robertson [1878] 3 AC 1055, Tate v Haskins (1935) 53 CLR 594, Stoner v Todd [1876] 4 Ch D 58, Dunlop v Cooper . (1908) 7 CLR 146, F Hoffman - La Roche & Co A G v Commissioner of Patents (1969) 123 CLR 529, Re Mond Nickel Company Ltd's Application [1956] RPC 189, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd's Application [1960] RPC 223, H PM Industries Pty Limited v Gerard Industries Pty Limited (1957) 98 CLR 424, Harwood v Fu,
Great Northern Railway Company (1865) 11 HLC 654, Meyers , Taylor Pty Limited v Vicarr Industries Pty Limited (1977) 13 ps
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ALR 605, Hill v Evans (1862) 31 LJ Ch 457, Martin and Biro fF . Swan Ltd v_H Millwood Ltd [1956] RPC 125, General Tire Rubber . Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Limited [1972] ro RPC 457, Olin Corporation v_ Super Cartridge Co Pty Ltd (1977) a 51 ALJR 525, Griffin v Isaacs (1942) 12 AOJP 739, Windsurfing %
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