Streetworx Pty Ltd v Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1366

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Streetworx Pty Ltd v Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1366 Citation: Streetworx Pty Ltd v Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1366

Parties: STREETWORX PTY LTD v ARTCRAFT URBAN GROUP PTY LTD and MURRAY JOHN SAINT

File number: VID 853 of 2013

Judge: BEACH J

Date of judgment: 18 December 2014

Catchwords: PATENTS – innovation patents – construction of claims – alleged invalidity – non-compliance with s 18(1A) of Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – lack of novelty – lack of innovative step – whether a manner of manufacture – not useful – non-compliance with s 40(3) – lack of clarity – lack of fair basis PATENTS – infringement – authorisation – meaning of s 13(1) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth)

Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 53, 54 and 140 Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7(1)(a), 7(4), 7(5), 13(1), 18(1A), 40(3), 120(1A), 122(2A), Sch 1 Statute of Monopolies 1623 (Imp) s 6

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