Bartlem Pty Ltd v CMMC Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1218

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Bartlem Pty Ltd v CMMC Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1218

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - infringement - "pith and substance" of the specification - whether the language of the claim has been ignored and a test of functional equivalence applied - whether the inventive step is based on the choice and arrangement of the particular combinations, as opposed to an improvement over the known collection of integers INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - revocation - priority date of patents - whether claims are fairly based on the disclosures contained in the provisional specification INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - compliance with ss 40(2)(a) and (3) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) - whether claims are fairly based on what is disclosed in the specification INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - manner of manufacture within s 6 Statute of Monopolies - whether the invention claimed is a manner of manufacture - whether the invention was an analogous use of known integers - whether inventive step disclosed in complete specification INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - obviousness - prior art base - whether the invention claimed had inventive step when compared to the prior art base - whether integers were part of common general knowledge INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY - patents - novelty - compared with prior art base - consideration of the test "reverse infringement" for novelty Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 40, 18, 7 Electrical & Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd (1939) 56 RPC 23 Cited Ludlow Jute Co Ltd v Low (1953) 70 RPC 69 Cited AMP Incorporated v Utilux Pty Ltd (1971) 45 ALJR 123 Cited Decor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1988) 13 IPR 385 Cited Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 8 Cited Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1961) 106 CLR 588 Cited Interlego AG v Toltoys Pty Ltd (1973) 130 CLR 461 Cited Sunbeam Corporation v Murphy-Richards (Aust) Pty Ltd (1961) 180 CLR 98 Cited Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie SA v UIM Chemical Services Pty Ltd (1986) 12 FCR 477 Cited Re Erickson's Patent (1923) 40 RPC 477 Cited Rehm Pty Ltd v Websters Security Systems (International) Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 79 Applied Old Diggers Pty Ltd v Azuko Pty Ltd (2000) AIPC 91-571 Cited May v Higgins (1916) 21 CLR 119 Cited Sami S Svendsen Inc v Independent Products Canada Ltd (1968) 119 CLR 156 Cited Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 Cited Winner v Ammar Holdings Pty Ltd (1993) 41 FCR 205 Cited Clark v Adic (1875) LR 10 Ch App 667 Applied Olin Corporation v Super Cartridge Co Pty Ltd (1977) 180 CLR 236 Cited Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v Beiersdorf (Aust) Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 253 Applied Radiation Ltd v Galliers and Klaerr Pty Ltd (1938) 60 CLR 36 Applied Populin v HB Nominees Pty Ltd (1982) 59 FLR 37 Cited Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd v MWA Holdings Pty Ltd (1970) 180 CLR 160 Cited Marconi v British Radio, Telegraph & Telephone Co Ltd (1911) 28 RPC 181 Cited Catnic Components Ltd v Hill and Smith Ltd [1982] RPC 183 Cited Codex Corp v Racal-Milgo Limited [1983] RPC 369 Cited Willemijn Houdstermaatschappij BV v Madge Networks Ltd [1992] RPC 386 Cited CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd [No 2] (1993) 27 IPR 577 Cited Stack v Brisbane City Council (1999) 47 IPR 525 Applied Tidy Tea Ltd v Unilever Australia Ltd (1995) 32 IPR 405 Cited Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries (1977) 137 CLR 228 Cited Hendriksen v Tallon Ltd [1965] RPC 434 Cited Valensi v British Radio Corp [1973] RPC 337 Cited BARTLEM PTY LTD v CMMC PTY LTD AND OTHERS QG133 OF 1996