Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v Generic Health Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1510 Citation: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v Generic Health Pty Ltd [2012] FCA 1510
Parties: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT and BAYER AUSTRALIA LIMITED (ACN 000 138 714) v GENERIC HEALTH PTY LTD (ACN 110 617 859) and LUPIN AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED (ACN 112 038 105)
File number: NSD 236 of 2012
Judge: YATES J
Date of judgment: 14 December 2012
Catchwords: PATENTS – patent amendment application – whether discretion under s 105 of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) should be exercised in favour of making the amendments sought – consideration of whether unreasonable delay, covetous claiming or unfair advantage present
Legislation: Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 40, 102, 105, 122, 123 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 34.41
Cases cited: Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 2) (2009) 83 IPR 42 Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 3) [2009] FCA 1069 Autoliv Development AB's Patent [1988] RPC 425 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Apotex Pty Ltd (2010) 87 IPR 516 CSL Limited v Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (No 3) [2010] FCA 1279 CSL Ltd v Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd (No 2) (2010) 190 FCR 522 Gambro Pty Ltd v Fresenius Medical Care South East Asia Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 407 Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG [2011] EWHC 583 (Pat) ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizol Corp (1999) AIPC 91-521 Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd (Whyte's) Patent [1978] RPC 11 Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Pty Ltd (2010) 273 ALR 630 Lockwood Security Products Pty Limited v Doric Products Pty Limited (2004) 217 CLR 274 Novartis AG v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd (2004) 62 IPR 71 Rescare Ltd v Anaesthetic Supplies Pty Ltd (unreported, Gummow J, 4 March 1993) Smith Kline & French Laboratories Limited v Evans Medical Limited [1989] 1 FSR 561 Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Limited (No 2) (1997) 74 FCR 306 Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Ltd (No 3) (1997) AIPC 91-366 Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Ltd (unreported, Sundberg J, 12 November 1997) Aldous W, Young D, Watson A, Thorley S, Terrell on the Law of Patents (13th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 1982) Thorley S, Miller R, Burkill G, Birss C, Terrell on the Law of Patents (15th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, 2000)
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