Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd v Grove Hill Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 423

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd v Grove Hill Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 423 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - infringement by supply - construction of claims - invalidity - whether sufficient description of invention in complete specification - fair-basing - whether claims fairly based on description in specification - novelty - whether invention anticipated by prior publications of other patent specifications - prior use - inventive step - whether combination of known integers obvious

Statutes Patents Act 1990 (Cth)ss 7, 9, 18, 40, 117, 138(3)(d), Schedule 1

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