Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Davies v Lazer Safe Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 702 File number: WAD 670 of 2015
Judge: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 18 May 2018
Date of publication of reasons: 25 May 2018
Catchwords: PATENTS – patent for safety system used for the detection of obstructions in the path of a moving part of machinery, such as press brakes – claim for infringement – issues as to validity PATENTS – infringement – whether infringement established – construction of the claims of the patent – failure to establish that respondent's systems infringe the claims asserted PATENTS – validity – cross-claim for invalidity – whether patent is invalid – priority date – whether the claims are disclosed in earlier priority documents - disclosure in provisional applications considered – novelty – whether lack of novelty established – prior art base – consideration of prior art systems – obviousness – identification of the person skilled in the relevant art – matters and particulars of common general knowledge – fair basis – failure to establish grounds of invalidity
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 34.46 Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth), Sch 1, s 55(1) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7, 7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 18(1)(b)(i), 18(1)(b)(ii), 40, 40(3), 43 Patents Amendment Act 2001 (Cth) Ch 1, Pt 1, item 13 Patent Regulations 1991 (Cth) regs 3.12, 3.12(1)(b)
Cases cited: Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis (2008) 78 IPR 485 Artcraft Urban Group Pty Ltd v Streetworx Pty Ltd (2016) 117 IPR 210 Aspirating IP Ltd v Vision Systems Ltd (2010) 88 IPR 52 Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 4) [2015] FCA 1372 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v F H Faulding & Co Limited (2000) 97 FCR 524 British Dynamite Co v Krebs (1896) 13 RPC 190 Canadian General Electric Co Ltd v Fada Radio Ltd (1930) 47 RPC 69 CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (1994) 51 FCR 260 Commissioner of Patents v Emperor Sports Pty Ltd (2006) 149 FCR 386 Decor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1988) 13 IPR 385 Doric Products Pty Ltd v Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd (2001) 192 ALR 306 Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific Ltd v Orica Australia Pty Ltd (1999) 99 FCR 151 Electric & Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd (1938) 56 RPC 23 Eli Lilly and Company Limited v Apotex Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 214 F Hoffman-La Roche & Co Aktiengesellschaft v Commissioner of Patents (1971) 123 CLR 529 Flour Oxidizing Co Ltd v Carr & Co Ltd (1908) 25 RPC 428 Freeman v TJ & FL Pohlner Pty Ltd (1994) 30 IPR 377 Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd v Gambro Pty Ltd (2005) 224 ALR 168 General Tire & Rubber Co v The Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co Ltd (1971) 1A IPR 121 Glaverbel SA v British Coal Corp [1994] RPC 443 GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Investments (Ireland) (No 2) Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd (2016) 119 IPR 1 H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2009) 177 FCR 151 Hill v Evans (1862) 45 ER 1195 Insta Image Pty Ltd v KD Kanopy Australasia Pty Ltd (2008) 239 FCR 117 Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 1 Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Rousell Ltd (2004) 64 IPR 444 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 274 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) (2007) 235 CLR 173 Metropolitan-Vickers v B.T.H Co Ltd (1926) 43 RPC 76 Meyers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd (1977) 137 CLR 228 Nesbit Evans Group Australia Pty Ltd v Impro Ltd (1997) 39 IPR 56 Nicaro Holdings Pty Ltd v Martin Engineering Co (1990) 91 ALR 513 Nippon Katsyaku Kabushiki Kaisha and Sankyo Company, Limited v Rohm and Haas Company [1997] APO 40 Olin Corporation v Super Cartridge Co Pty Ltd (1976) 180 CLR 236 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp v Biorex Laboratories Ltd [1970] RPC 157 Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Eli Lilly & Co (2005) 225 ALR 416 Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (2013) 101 IPR 11 Rodi & Wienenberger A.G. v Henry Showell Ltd [1969] RPC 367 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 Sachtler GMBH & Co KG (formerly Sachtler AG) v RE Miller Pty Ltd (2005) 221 ALR 373 Sartas No 1 Pty Ltd v Koukourou & Partners Pty Ltd (1994) 30 IPR 479 Société des Usines Chimiques Rhône-Poulenc v Commissioner of Patents (1958) 100 CLR 5 Société Technique de Pulverisation Step v Emson Europe Ltd [1993] RPC 513 Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel (1961) 106 CLR 588 Welcome Real-Time SA v Catuity Inc (2001) 51 IPR 327 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 Windsurfing International Inc v Petit (1983) 3 IPR 449 Zetco Pty Ltd v Austworld Commodities Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] FCA 848
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