Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
ITW AFC Pty Ltd v Loi and Tran Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 552
PATENTS – validity – construction of claims – novelty – combination patent – inventive step – hindsight bias – commercial success – secondary considerations as proof of non-obviousnessness – infringement – functional advantage – purposive construction – Improver questions WORDS AND PHRASES – "drilling tip", "taper" AFCO Automotive Foam Components Pty Ltd v Woodbridge Foam Corporation (2003) 58 IPR 56 Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v FH Faulding & Co Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 524 Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd [1982] RPC 183 Firebelt Pty Ltd v Brambles Australia Ltd (2002) 76 ALJR 816 Gillette Safety Razor Co v Anglo-American Trading Co Ltd (1913) 30 RPC 465 Graham v John Deere Co 383 US 1 (1966) Haberman v Jackel International Ltd [1999] FSR 683 Improver Corporation v Remington Consumer Products Ltd [1990] FSR 181 Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd [2005] 1 All ER 667 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) (2007) 81 ALJR 1070 Olin Corporation v Super Cartridge Co Pty Ltd (1977) 180 CLR 236 Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Eli Lilly & Co (2005) 68 IPR 1 Populin v HB Nominees Pty Ltd (1982) 59 FLR 37 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 49 IPR 225 Sachtler GMBH & Co KG v RE Miller Pty Ltd (2005) 65 IPR 605 Sakraida v Ag Pro Inc 425 US 273, 282-283 (1976) Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 Moy's Walker on Patents (2nd ed, 2007)
ITW AFC PTY LTD and ITW AUSTRALIA PTY LTD vLOI AND TRAN PTY LTD,
SPECIALISED SERVICES (AUST) PTY LTD, TO HA LOI and DAVID JOHN BATE
VID 453 of 2003
FINKELSTEIN J
23 APRIL 2008
MELBOURNE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
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