Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Becton Dickinson Pty Ltd v B. Braun Melsungen AG [2018] FCA 1692 File number: NSD 1297 of 2014
Judge: NICHOLAS J
Date of judgment: 9 November 2018
Catchwords: PATENTS – claims for catheter insertion device – claim construction – meaning of "needle protective device" – whether claims infringed PATENTS – whether claims entitled to priority date based on prior application – whether claims fairly based on matter disclosed in prior application PATENTS – whether claims invalid for non-compliance with s 40(3) on the ground that they are not fairly based on the matter described in the specification PATENTS – inventive step – whether claims invalid for lack of inventive step
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 18(1)(b)(ii), 40(3), 79B(1), 128 Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Patent Regulations 1991 (Cth) reg 3.12
Cases cited: Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 Allsop Inc v Bintang Ltd (1989) 15 IPR 686 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2014) 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2015) 257 CLR 356 Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd v MWA Holdings Pty Ltd (1970) 180 CLR 160 Decor Corp Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1988) 13 IPR 285 ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizol Corporation Inc (1999) 45 IPR 577 Jupiters Ltd v Neurizon Pty Ltd (2005) 222 ALR 155 Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Limited v Multigate Medical Products Pty Limited (2011) 92 IPR 21 Kirin-Amgen Inc v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd (2004) 64 IPR 444 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 274 Martin v Scribal Pty Ltd (1954) 92 CLR 17 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v Beiersdorf (Australia) Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 253 Multigate Medical Devices Pty Ltd v B Braun Melsungen AG (2016) 117 IPR 1 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp v Biorex Laboratories Ltd [1970] RPC 157 Pharmacia Italia SPA v Mayne Pharma Pty Ltd (2005) 222 ALR 552 Rehm Pty Ltd v Webster Security System (International) Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 79 Sachtler GmbH & Co KG v RE Miller Pty Ltd (2005) 65 IPR 605 Tramanco Pty Ltd v BPW Transpec Pty Ltd (2014) 105 IPR 18 Vickers, Sons & Co Ltd v Siddell (1890) LR 15 App Cas 496 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 Welsh Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrell (1961) 106 CLR 588
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