Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v IGT (Australia) Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 37 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – PATENTS –Patent for a system of bonus prize winning mode on gaming machines – opposition to the grant of patent – degree of weight given to views of the delegate of the Commissioner of Patents – issues for Court in opposition proceedings – patent application construction principles – whether lack of novelty or anticipation – application of reverse infringement test – whether obvious Patents Act 1990 (Cth) Patents Amendment Act 2001 (Cth) Austal Ships Pty Ltd v Stena Rederei Aktiebolag (2005) 66 IPR 420 referred to Bristol Myers Squibb Company v FH Faulding & Co Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 524 referred to Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (1999) 199 CLR 135 referred to Eclipse Sleep Products Inc v Registrar of Trade Marks (1957) 99 CLR 300 referred to E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company v ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd (2006) 66 IPR 462 referred to E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company v ICI Chemicals and Polymers Ltd (2003) 128 FCR 392 referred to E I Dupont de Nemours and Company v Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (2002) 54 IPR 304 referred to F Hoffman-La Roche AG v New England Biolabs Inc (2000) 99 FCR 56 referred to Flexible Steel Lacing Company v Beltreco Ltd (2000) 49 IPR 331 at 350 discussed Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd v Gambro Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 230 referred to General Tire & Rubber Company v Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company Ltd (1971) 1A IPR 121 discussed Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amgen Inc (1999) 92 FCR 106 discussed Hill v Evans (1862) 31 LJ Ch 457 referred Imperial Chemical Industries Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2004) 63 IPR 476 referred to Jupiter Ltd v Neurizon Pty Ltd (2005) 65 IPR 86 referred to Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 1 referred to Merck & Co Inc v Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2006) 68 IPR 511 referred to Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd (1977) 137 CLR 228 applied New England Biolabs Inc v F Hoffman-La Roche AG (2004) 141 FCR 1 applied ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v IGT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD AND ACRES GAMING INC NSD 1345 OF 2004
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