Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Machinery Developments Limited v Sealed Air Corporation [2004] FCA 925
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Discovery - Patent proceedings concerning rights to certain packaging apparatus - Dispute over categories of documents for discovery - Relevance of certain research and development documents - Definition of "packaging apparatus" - Relevance of research documents to the issue of obviousness - Long-felt want - admissibility of various categories - no final orders or formulation of categories made. Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 60(4) Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Australia) Pty Limited (1981) 148 CLR 262 approved F Hoffman-La Roche AG v Chiron Corporation & Anor (2000) 171 ALR 295 cited Murex Diagnostics Australia Pty limited v Chiron Corp (No 2) (1995) 62 FCR 424 cited Elconnex Pty Ltd v Gerard Industries Pty Ltd (1992) 25 IPR 173 approved ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizol Corp Inc (2000) 106 FCR 214 cited. Haberman v Jackel International Limited [1999] FSR 683 discussed Microsoft Corp v Adelong Electronics Pty Ltd (1997) 37 IPR 283 discussed Lubrizol Corporation Inc v Imperial Chemical Industries Plc [2000] FCA 1464 approved Grace Australia v MBT Holdings (2002) FCA 1512 cited Arrow Pharmaceuticals v Merck & Co (2003) 58 IPR 231 cited Microsoft Corp v Intertrust Technologies Corp (2003) FCA 656 cited MACHINERY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED v SEALED AIR CORPORATION N 709 OF 2003 PECHINEY PLASTIC PACKAGING INCORPORATED & ORS v CRYOVAC AUSTRALIA LTD N 167 OF 2003 TAMBERLIN J SYDNEY 16 JULY 2004
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 709 OF 2003
BETWEEN: MACHINERY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
APPLICANT
AND: SEALED AIR CORPORATION
RESPONDENT
N 167 OF 2003 BETWEEN: PECHINEY PLASTIC PACKAGING INCORPORATED & ORS
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