Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Orion Corporation v Actavis Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 1373 Citation: Orion Corporation v Actavis Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] FCA 1373
Parties: ORION CORPORATION AND OTHERS AS NAMED IN THE SCHEDULE v ACTAVIS PTY LTD ACN 003 854 626 AND ANOTHER AS NAMED IN THE SCHEDULE
File number: NSD 2456 of 2013
Judge: RARES J
Date of judgment: 4 December 2015
Catchwords: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – PATENTS – CONTRACTS – whether contract for licence of patent was exclusive licence – whether licence granted all or only some of the congeries rights of patentee in Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – whether construction of apparently exclusive licence read down by reference to pre-existing distributorship contract between patentee and licensee or by promise of licensee to purchase patented product and active ingredients exclusively from patentee – whether purchase promise in licence separate to or derogated from patentee's grant of exclusive licence as defined in the Act INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – PATENTS – whether s 120(1) precluded exclusive sub-licensee from bringing infringement proceedings when patentee and exclusive licence were parties – whether sub-licensee had title to sue to enforce exclusive sub-licence rights assigned to it to exploit the patent
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Patents Act 1952 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) Patents Regulations 1991 (Cth)
Cases cited: Apotex Pty Ltd v Les Laboratoires Servier (No 5) (2015) 324 ALR 549 Ashby v White (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Apotex Pty Ltd (No 5) (2013) 104 IPR 23 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v Apotex Pty Ltd (2015) 228 FCR 1 Cohen & Co v Ockerby & Co Ltd (1917) 24 CLR 288 Colbeam Palmer Ltd v Stock Affiliates Pty Ltd (1968) 122 CLR 25 Edwards v Santos Ltd (2011) 242 CLR 421 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471 Ex parte British Nylon Spinners Ltd (1963) 109 CLR 336 Grant v Australian Temporary Fencing Pty Ltd (2003) 59 IPR 170 Gray v Richards (No 2) (2014) 315 ALR 1 John Alexander's Clubs Pty Ltd v White City Tennis Club Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 1 JT International SA v Commonwealth (2012) 250 CLR 1 Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd (2001) 210 CLR 181 Norman v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1963) 109 CLR 9 Orion Corporation v Actavis Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 909 Orion Corporation v Actavis Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 1026 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 Pharmacia Italia SpA v Interphama Pty Ltd (2005) 67 IPR 397 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney Council (2002) 240 CLR 45 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165
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