Conor Medsystems, Inc. v The University of British Columbia (No 4) [2007] FCA 324

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Conor Medsystems, Inc. v The University of British Columbia (No 4) [2007] FCA 324 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – discovery – confidential documents – inspection by in-house counsel of trade rival – principles to be applied – restrictions imposed – notice to produce – seeking better discovery – abuse of process

Federal Court Rules, O 33, r 12 Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v Shell Co of Australia Ltd (1999) 161 ALR 686 applied Brown Bag Software v Symantec Corp (1960 F.2d 1465, 1470 (9th Cir, 1992)) cited Carpenter Technology Corp v Armco Inc 132 FRD 24, 27 (ED Pa, 1991) cited Commissioner for Railways v Small (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 564 applied Ford v Hopkins (1701) 90 ER 964 cited Glaxo Inc v Genpharm Pharmaceuticals Inc 796 F.Supp 872, 874 (ED NC, 1992) cited Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] AC 280 cited Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Guina Developments Pty Ltd (1995) 33 IPR 82 followed Morgan v Babcock & Wilcox Ltd (1929) 43 CLR 163 cited Roussel Uclaf Imperial Chemical Industries plc [1990] RPC 45 followed R R Donnelley & Sons Co v Quark Inc 2007 US Dist Lexis 424 cited U.S. Steel Corp v United States 730 F2d 1465 (Fed Cir, 1984) cited Warner-Lambert Co v Glaxo Laboratories Ltd [1975] RPC 354 followed CONOR MEDSYSTEMS, INC. v THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (FORMERLY ANGIOGENESIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.) VID 254 of 2005

FINKELSTEIN J

9 MARCH 2007

sydney (heard in melbournE) IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 254 of 2005

BETWEEN: CONOR MEDSYSTEMS, INC.

Applicant

AND: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA and

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (FORMERLY ANGIOGENESIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)

Respondents

JUDGE: FINKELSTEIN J

DATE: 9 march 2007