G S Technology Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council [2007] FCA 279

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

G S Technology Pty Ltd v Brisbane City Council [2007] FCA 279

ESTOPPEL – estoppel by judgment – res judicata – issue estoppel – cause of action estoppel INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – exploitation – Crown exploitation – Crown use Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 11, 13, 39, 47, 122, 126, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169, Schedule 1, (6) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)s 31A Federal Court Rules O 20 r 2 Patents Regulations 1991(Cth) reg 6.3 Patents, Designs and Trademarks Act 1883-1888 (Imp) s 27 Patents and Designs Act 1907 (Imp) s 29 Patents Act 1977 (UK) ss 55, 58 Stack v Brisbane City Council [2004] FCA 354 considered Stack v Brisbane City Council [1999] FCA 1279 considered Stack v Davies Shephard Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] FCA 501 considered Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 considered N V Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken & Anor v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 655 cited Singh v Singh (1897) LR 24 Ind App 50 considered Mills v Cooper [1967] 2 QB 459 considered Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner & Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] AC 853considered O'Donel v Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (1938) 59 CLR 744 considered Terrell C, Terrell on the Law of Patents (4th ed, Sweet and Maxwell Ltd, 1906) Terrell C, Jaffe A, Terrell on the Law of Patents (6th ed, Sweet and Maxwell Ltd, 1921) Terrell C, Corsellis D, Terrell on the Law of Patents (7th ed, Sweet and Maxwell Ltd, 1927) Spencer Bower, Turner & Handley, The Doctrine of Res Judicata (3rd ed, Butterworths, 1996)

G S TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD v BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL QUD 268 OF 2006

DOWSETT J

7 MARCH 2007

BRISBANE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY QUD 268 OF 2006

BETWEEN: G S TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD

Applicant

AND: BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL

Respondent