Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier [2012] FCA 359 Citation: Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier [2012] FCA 359
Parties: APOTEX PTY LTD ACN 096 916 148 v LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER; LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER and SERVIER LABORATORIES (AUST) PTY LTD ACN 004 838 500; APOTEX PTY LTD and SYMBION PTY LTD ACN 000 875 034
File number: NSD 51 of 2012
Judge: BENNETT J
Date of judgment: 5 April 2012
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Federal Court Rules 2011 – Division 20.3 and rule 30.28 – Application to set aside Notice to Produce – relevance to issues in proceedings – allegations of authorisation of infringement of patent, joint tortfeasorship and common design – breadth of categories sought – commercially sensitive documents COSTS – costs of application to set aside Notice to Produce – changing basis upon which Notice to Produce pressed
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 13 Federal Court Rules 2011, rules 7.22, 10.43, 20.33, 20.35, 30.28
Cases cited: Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 4) (2010) 89 IPR 274 cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v BHP Coal Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 61 cited Garnet International Resources Pty Ltd v Barton International Inc [2005] FCA 93 cited Morton-Norwich Products Inc. v. Intercen Ltd. [1978] RPC 501 cited
Date of hearing: 22 March 2012
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 49
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