Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Speciality Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd (No 4) [2013] FCA 845 Citation: SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Speciality Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd (No 4) [2013] FCA 845
Parties: SNF (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD v CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS WATER TREATMENTS LTD
File number: VID 447 of 2008
Judge: DAVIES J
Date of judgment: 20 August 2013
Catchwords: PATENTS – Infringement – Discovery sought to enable informed election between damages and an account of profits – Whether entitled to seek discovery of documents for additional damages claim – Principle in Nokia Corporation v Liu (2009) 179 FCR 422 applied.
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth), s 122(1A)
Cases cited: SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd (2011) 92 IPR 46 Nokia Corporation v Liu (2009) 179 FCR 422 Bitech Engineering v Garth Living Pty Ltd (2011) 91 IPR 160 LED Builders Pty Ltd v Eagle Homes Pty Ltd (1996) 70 FCR 436 Tivo Inc v Vivo International Corp Pty Ltd (No 3) [2013] FCA 797
Date of hearing: 9 August 2013
Date of last submissions: 9 August 2013
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 13
Counsel for the Applicant: E. Heerey
Solicitor for the Applicant: Griffith Hack & Co
Solicitor for the Respondent: K&L Gates
Counsel for the Respondent: B Caine SC with B Fitzgerald
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION VID 447 of 2008
BETWEEN: SNF (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
Applicant
AND: CIBA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS WATER TREATMENTS LTD
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