Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC v Safe Barriers Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1882 File number: NSD 1212 of 2018
Judge: ROBERTSON J
Date of judgment: 27 November 2018
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for discovery – action for infringement of patent – respondent's cross-claim – allegation of false suggestion – allegation of inutility – whether proposed discovery irrelevant – whether discovery sought oppressive – whether categories too broad
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 18, 138 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 20.11, 20.14
Cases cited: Halcon International Inc v Shell Transport and Trading Co Ltd [1979] RPC 459
Date of hearing: 27 November 2018
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Sub-area: Patents and associated Statutes
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 66
Counsel for Hill & Smith Holdings PLC and Hill & Smith Pty Limited: Mr NR Murray SC with Ms F St John
Solicitor for Hill & Smith Holdings PLC and Hill & Smith Pty Limited: Clayton Utz
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