Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Nufarm Ltd v Jurox Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 178
PATENTS - alleged infringement of oral sheep drench patent - construction of patent claims - where language of claim is ambiguous - patent specification and claims must be read together and in light of common general knowledge and art before priority date - where skilled addressees disagree as to meaning of technical words in claims and whether certain examples given in specification are covered by patent - subjective intention of patent author irrelevant - whether a particular skilled addressee's knowledge of prior art is 'idiosyncratic'
Patents Act 1990 (Cth), s 13
Décor Corp Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1988) 13 IPR 385 cited Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 1 followed Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd (2004) 64 IPR 444 cited Populin v HB Nominees Pty Ltd (1982) 41 ALR 471 followed Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 49 IPR 225 cited Sachtler GMBH & Co KG v RE Miller Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 373 cited Sartas No 1 Pty Ltd v Koukourou & Partners Pty Ltd (1994) 30 IPR 479 cited Synthetic Turf Development Pty Limited v Sports Technology International Pty Limited (2005) 67 IPR 475 cited
NUFARM LIMITED (ACN 091 323 312) AND ARGENTA MANUFACTURING LIMITED v JUROX PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 932 230) VID 746 OF 2004
MIDDLETON J
29 FEBRUARY 2008
MELBOURNE
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 746 OF 2004
BETWEEN: NUFARM LIMITED (ACN 091 323 312)
First Applicant
ARGENTA MANUFACTURING LIMITED
Second Applicant
AND: JUROX PTY LIMITED (ACN 000 932 230)
Respondent
JUDGE: MIDDLETON J DATE OF ORDER: 29 FEBRUARY 2008
WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
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