Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BlueScope Steel Limited v Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd [2017] FCA 1537 File number: VID 1429 of 2016
Judge: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 18 December 2017
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – patents – discovery – inventive step – inventor's notes and other documents – relevance of observations in Wellcome Foundation Limited v V.R. Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd – UK approach to such discovery – material of secondary significance – proportionality – application granted in part
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 20.14
Cases cited: AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2014) 226 FCR 324 Compagnie Financiere et Commerciale du Pacifique v Peruvian Guano Co (1882) 11 QBD 55 DSM Nutritional Products, LLC v Suntory Holdings Limited [2013] FCA 675 Les Laboratoires Servier v Apotex Pty Ltd (2016) 247 FCR 61 Nichia Corporation v Argos Limited [2007] EWCA Civ 741 Schutz DSL (Aust) Pty Ltd v VIP Plastic Packaging Pty Ltd (No 14) [2011] FCA 1159 SKM SA v Wagner Spraytech (UK) Limited [1982] RPC 497 Wellcome Foundation Limited v V.R. Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262
Date of hearing: 1 December 2017
Date of last submissions: 8 December 2017
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