Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 2) [2009] FCA 1019

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 2) [2009] FCA 1019

PATENTS – application to amend patent – whether amendments allowable under s 102(1) and s 102(2) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – claimed invention relates to the form of the compound – whether a real and reasonably clear disclosure of the feature of "individual needles" in the patent specification – discretion under s 105 of the Act – whether Court should exercise discretion to refuse amendments – whether full and frank disclosure of reasons for amendment – amendments add new claims but do not delete existing claims

Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 40(2), 40(3), 102(1), 102(2), 105

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