MPEG LA, L.L.C. v Regency Media Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 180

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

MPEG LA, L.L.C. v Regency Media Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 180 Citation: MPEG LA, L.L.C. v Regency Media Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 180

Parties: MPEG LA, L.L.C. v REGENCY MEDIA PTY LTD (ACN 006 495 414)

File number: NSD 733 of 2013

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 6 March 2014

Catchwords: PATENTS – statutory right to terminate a contract relating to a patented invention – invention – all the patents by which the invention was protected

Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 18(1), 18(2), 118, 119, 133, 134, 135, 144, 145, 169, sch 1 Patents Act 1909 (Cth) s 87B(2) Patents Act 1952 (Cth) s 112(4) Patents Act 1949 (UK) s 58 Patents Act 1977 (UK) s 45 Competition Act 1998 (UK) Statute of Monopolies s 6

Cases cited: Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 59, (2002) 212 CLR 411 CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (1994) 51 FCR 260 Hansen v The Magnavox Electronics Co Ltd [1977] RPC 301 International Business Machines Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1991) 33 FCR 218 McGraw-Hinds (Aust) Pty Ltd v Smith (1979) 144 CLR 633 Murphy v Farmer (1988) 165 CLR 19 National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents (1959) 102 CLR 252 Re GEC's Application (1942) 60 RPC 1 Welcome Real-Time SA v Catuity Inc [2001] FCA 445, (2001) 113 FCR 110 Government response to the report of the Industrial Property Advisory Committee: "Patents, Innovation and Competition in Australia" (1986) 56 (47) Official Journal of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs 1462 -1480 Industrial Property and Advisory Committee, Parliament of Australia, Patents, Innovation and Competition in Australia (1984)