Ranbaxy Australia Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (No 2) [2006] FCA 1787

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Ranbaxy Australia Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (No 2) [2006] FCA 1787

PATENTS - construction of patent - principles of construction - skilled addressee - composition of a team skilled in the relevant field of art - common general knowledge - patent not restricted to racemate PATENTS - revocation of later patent – selection patent - whether patent obtained by false suggestion or misrepresentation - whether claimed invention is a patentable invention - whether claimed invention is a manner of manufacture within the meaning of Statute of Monopolies - whether claimed invention is useful Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 3, 18(1), 18(1)(a), 18(1)(c), 138(3)(b), 234, Sch 1 Patents Act 1952 (Cth) ss 100(1)(d), 100(1)(e), 100(1)(h) Patents Act 1903 (Cth)

Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1961) 106 CLR 588 applied Interlego AG v Toltoys Pty Ltd (1973) 130 CLR 461 applied Décor Corp Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1988) 13 IPR 385 applied Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Pty Ltd v Avion Engineering Pty Ltd (1991) 22 IPR 1 cited Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd v Gambro Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 230 cited Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Ely Lilly & Co (2005) 68 IPR 1 applied Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd (2004) 64 IPR 444 applied PhotoCure ASA v Queen's University at Kingston (2005) 216 ALR 41 applied Sachtler GmbH & Co KG v RE Miller Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 373 applied Clorox Australia Pty Ltd v International Consolidated Business Pty Ltd (2006) 68 IPR 254 applied Nesbit Evans Group Australia Pty Ltd v Impro Ltd (1997) 39 IPR 56 cited Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control (2000) 49 IPR 225 approved The General Tire & Rubber Company v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Limited [1972] RPC 457 cited NSI Dental Pty Ltd v University of Melbourne (2006) 69 IPR 542 approved Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 cited Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v Beiersdorf (Aust) Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 253 approved W R Grace & Co v Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (1993) 25 IPR 481 approved Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v W R Grace & Co (1991) 22 IPR 491 cited NutraSweet Australia Pty Ltd v Ajinomoto Co Inc (2005) 67 IPR 381 cited Ranbaxy (UK) Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company [2006] EWCA 876 considered Houssein v Under Secretary, Department of Industrial Relations and Technology (NSW) (1982) 148 CLR 88 cited Wentworth v NSW Bar Association (1992) 176 CLR 239 cited Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v FH Faulding and Co Limited (2000) 97 FCR 524 explained FAI Traders Insurance Co Ltd v Savoy Plaza Pty Ltd [1993] 2 VLR 437 cited Pfizer Inc v Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited 457 F3d 1284 (2006) considered Ranbaxy UK Limited v Warner-Lambert Company [2005] EWHC 2142 cited Pfizer Inc v Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd 405 FSupp2d 495 (D Del 2005) cited Pfizer Canada Inc v The Minister of Health [2006] FC 1471 cited Commissioner of Patents v Microcell Ltd (1959) 102 CLR 232 applied NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 655 applied NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 239 applied ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v The Lubrizol Corporation Inc (2000) 106 FCR 214 cited Advanced Building Systems Pty Limited v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Limited (1998) 194 CLR 171 considered National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1959) 102 CLR 252 applied Sunbeam Corporation v Morphy-Richards (Aust) Pty Ltd (1961) 180 CLR 98 considered Merck & Co Inc v Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2006) 68 IPR 511 considered Wm Wrigley Jr Company v Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd (2005) 66 IPR 298 considered Prestige Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1990) 19 IPR 275 approved JMVB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Camoflag Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 68 approved Rehm Pty Ltd v Webster's Security Systems (International) Pty Ltd (1981) 81 ALR 79 applied Old Digger Pty Ltd v Azuko Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 676 approved Alsop's Patent (1907) 24 RPC 733 approved Lane-Fox v Kensington & Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Co Ltd [1892] 3 Ch 424 cited Hatmaker v Joseph Nathan Co Ltd (1919) 36 RPC 231 cited IG Farbenindustrie AG's Patents (1930) 47 RPC 289 applied May & Baker Ltd v Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd(1948) 65 RPC 255 approved E.I. Du Pont Nemours & Co (Witsiepe's) Application [1982] FSR 303 cited Badische Anilin Und & Soda Fabrik v Levinstein(1887) 4 RPC 449 approved