Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
N & E Bowder Pty Ltd v Australian Keg Company Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1436 Citation: N & E Bowder Pty Ltd v Australian Keg Company Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1436
Parties: N & E BOWDER PTY LTD ACN 097 150 742, BELMARK RURAL PTY LTD ACN 111 679 693 and HAY QUEENSLAND PTY LTD ACN 110 494 454 v AUSTRALIAN KEG COMPANY PTY LTD ACN 115 412 774; AUSTRALIAN KEG COMPANY PTY LTD ACN 115 412 774; N & E BOWDER PTY LTD ACN 097 150 742, BELMARK RURAL PTY LTD ACN 111 679 693 and HAY QUEENSLAND PTY LTD ACN 110 494 454
File number: QUD 311 of 2012
Judge: DOWSETT J
Date of judgment: 24 December 2013
Catchwords: PATENTS – innovation patent – whether unjustified threats made within meaning of s 128 Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – where patentee brings cross-claim for infringement – where unjustified threats case depends on no finding of infringement – whether applicants' invention infringes patent- consideration of utility of expert evidence where no technical element in construing claims – whether infringement on a purposive reading of the claims – where applicants' product found to possess disputed integers of claim of patent in suit
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 117, 128
Cases cited: Kirin- Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Russell Ltd (2004) 64 IPR 444 cited H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd & Anor (2009) 177 FCR 151 cited Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (2012) 96 IPR 1 cited Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (4th ed, Oxford University Press, 1993) Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed, oxford University Press, 1989)
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