Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] FCA 651 Citation: Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] FCA 651
Parties: BRITAX CHILDCARE PTY LTD (ACN 006 773 600) v INFA-SECURE PTY LTD (ACN 092 222 994); INFA-SECURE PTY LTD (ACN 092 222 994) v BRITAX CHILDCARE PTY LTD (ACN 006 773 600)
File number: VID 109 of 2009
Judge: MIDDLETON J
Date of judgment: 30 June 2015
Catchwords: PATENTS – construction – reading specific terms in context of the patent as a whole – infringement – validity – external fair basis – internal fair basis – novelty – inventive step – innovative step – utility – clarity. PATENTS – nature of skilled addressee – inventiveness of skilled addressee – hindsight – common general knowledge – evidence of an inventor. PATENTS – modification statements – nature and purpose of consistory clauses. EVIDENCE – nature of evidence of a skilled addressee – compliance with section 79 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) – sections 135 and 136 of the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)
Legislation: Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) Patents Regulations 1991 (Cth)
Cases cited: Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 171 Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (1999) 44 IPR 593 Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 Alphapharm Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S (2008) 76 IPR 618 Anaesthetic Supplies Pty Ltd v Rescare Ltd (1994) 50 FCR 1 Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 4) (2013) 100 IPR 285 Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier Pty Ltd (No 2) (2009) 83 IPR 42 Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Merck and Co Inc (2004) 60 IPR 548 Aspirating IP Limited v Vision Systems Limited (2010) 88 IPR 52 Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (2010) 88 IPR 270 Azuko Pty Ltd v Old Digger Pty Ltd (2001) 52 IPR 75 Bradken Resources Pty Ltd v Lynx Engineering Consultants Pty Ltd (2012) 210 FCR 21 Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (2012) 290 ALR 47 Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 1018 Britax Childcare Pty Ltd v Infa-Secure Pty Ltd (No 3) [2012] FCA 1019 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 C Van der Lely NV v Bamfords Ltd (1962) 1A IPR 86 Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd (2015) 318 ALR 483 Delnorth Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2013) 100 IPR 175 Delnorth Pty Ltd v Dura-Post (Aust) Pty Ltd (2008) 78 IPR 463 Dura-Post (Australia) Pty Ltd v Delnorth Pty Ltd (2009) 177 FCR 239 Eli Lilly and Co Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd (2013) IPR 451 Firebelt Pty Ltd v Brambles Australia Ltd (2002) 188 ALR 280 General Tire & Rubber Co v Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co Ltd (1971) 1A IPR 121 H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2009) 177 FCR 151 ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v The Lubrizol Corporation Inc (2000) 106 FCR 214 Insta Image Pty Ltd v KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd (2008) 78 IPR 20 Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH v MDS Diagnostics Pty Ltd (2010) 85 IPR 525 JMVB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Camoflag Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 68 Jupiters Ltd v Neurizon Pty Ltd (2005) 222 ALR 155 Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Multigate Medical Products Pty Ltd (2011) 92 IPR 21 Lane Fox v Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Co Ltd [1892] 3 Ch 424 Leonardis v Sartas No 1 Pty Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 126 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 1) (2004) 217 CLR 274 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) (2007) 235 CLR 173 Lux Traffıc Controls Ltd v Pike Signals Ltd [1993] RPC 107 Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd (1977) 137 CLR 228 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v Tyco Electronics Pty Ltd (2002) 56 IPR 248 Mont Adventure Equipment Pty Ltd v Phoenix Leisure Group Pty Ltd (2009) 176 FCR 575 Nicaro Holdings Pty Ltd v Martin Engineering Co (1990) 91 ALR 513 Old Digger Pty Ltd v Azuko Pty Ltd (2000) 51 IPR 43 PAC Mining Pty Ltd v Esco Corporation (2009) 80 IPR 1 Palmer v Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 30 PLG Research Ltd v Ardon International Ltd [1993] FSR 197 Populin v HB Nominees Pty Ltd (1982) 41 ALR 471 Ranbaxy Australia Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Co LLC (2008) 77 IPR 449 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd v Apple Inc (2011) 217 FCR 238 Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth [2011] FCAFC 132 SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd (2012) 204 FCR 325 Stena Rederi Aktiebolag v Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd (2007) 73 IPR 257 The Sunnyfield Association v Cronk (2009) 80 IPR 300 The Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratries (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v Sarb Management Group Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 101 IPR 496 Wake Forest University Health Sciences v Smith & Nephew Pty Ltd (No 2) (2011) 92 IPR 496 Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1961) 106 CLR 588 Williams Advanced Materials Inc v Target Technology Co LLC (2004) 63 IPR 645 Windsurfing International Inc v Petit (1983) 3 IPR 449
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