Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 723

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 723 Citation: Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 723

Parties: SEAFOOD INNOVATIONS PTY LTD (ABN 67 096 070 932) v RICHARD BASS PTY LTD (ACN 010 643 197) and RICHARD ROBERT BASS

File number: QUD 422 of 2007

Judge: SPENDER J

Date of judgment: 12 July 2010

Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – PATENTS – whether the respondent infringed the two innovation patents belonging to the applicant – whether the applicant's second patent is invalid because of: a lack of an innovative step (s 18(1A)(b)(ii) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth));and/or the claims of the patent are not clear and succinct and not fairly based on the matter described (s 40(3)); and/or the claims do not define the invention (s 40(2)) – whether the exportation of the devices supports an infringement action.

Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7, 13, 18, 40, 79B, 120, 138(3)

Cases cited: Austral Ships Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag (2005) 66 IPR 420; [2005] FCA 805 cited. Delnorth Pty Ltd v Dura-Post Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1225 considered. Dura-Post Pty Ltd v Delnorth Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 81 cited. Electric & Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd [1938] 4 All ER 221; (1938) 56 RPC 23 referred to. Griffin v Isaacs (1938) 1B IPR 619; 12 ALG 169 cited. H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 70 referred to. Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 274 referred to. Pharmacia Italia Spa v Mayne Pharma Pty Ltd (2005) 66 IPR 84 referred to. Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1960) 106 CLR 588 referred to.