Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd (ACN 004 118 594) v Wyeth [2009] FCA 595

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd (ACN 004 118 594) v Wyeth [2009] FCA 595

Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 117 Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharma Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 cited Appleton Papers Inc v Tomasetti Paper Pty Ltd (1983) 3 NSWLR 208 followed Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 applied B Braun Melsungen AG v Terumo Corporation (2004) 61 IPR 71 applied Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 619 applied GenRx Pty Ltd v Sanofi‑Aventis (2007) 73 IPR 502 followed Interpharma Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2008) 79 IPR 261 followed Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 274 applied Merck & Co Inc v Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2006) 154 FCR 31 cited Merck & Co Inc v GenRx Pty Ltd (2006) 70 IPR 286 cited NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 655 cited Pharmacia Italia SpA v Interpharma Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 397 cited Rehm Pty Ltd v Websters Security Systems (International) Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 79 applied Tidy Tea Ltd v Unilever Australia Ltd (1995) 32 IPR 405 cited SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 004 118 594) v WYETH and WYETH AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

VID 195 of 2009

SUNDBERG J

3 JUNE 2009

MELBOURNE IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VID 195 of 2009

BETWEEN: SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (ACN 004 118 594)

Applicant/Cross‑Respondent

AND: WYETH

First Respondent/First Cross‑Claimant

WYETH AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Second Cross‑Claimant

JUDGE: SUNDBERG J

DATE OF ORDER: 3 JUNE 2009

WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE

UPON the cross‑claimants by their Counsel undertaking:

(a) to submit to such order (if any) as the Court may consider to be just for the payment of compensation, to be assessed by the Court or as it may direct, to any person, whether or not a party, adversely affected by any operation of the order below or any continuation (with or without variation) thereof, and (b) to pay the compensation referred to in (a) to the person there referred to;