Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Caffitaly System S.p.A v One Collective Group Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 803 File number: NSD 179 of 2019
Judge: NICHOLAS J
Date of judgment: 19 June 2020
Catchwords: PATENTS – claims for single serve coffee capsule for use in an espresso machine – whether claims invalid for lack of novelty or inventive step – whether patent publications not shown to be common general knowledge constitute information that the skilled person could be reasonably expected to have ascertained, understood and regarded as relevant PATENTS – whether claims invalid for insufficiency or inutility PATENTS – fair basis – whether claims not fairly based on the matter described in the specification PATENTS – claims for single serve coffee capsule for use in an espresso machine – claim construction – whether claims, if valid, infringed by the first respondent PATENTS – whether experimental evidence relied upon by patentee established infringement of relevant claims
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 7(2), and (3), 18(1)(b)(ii), 40(3)
Cases cited: Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 171 Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Limited (2002) 212 CLR 411 Allsop Inc v Bintang Ltd (1989) 15 IPR 686 Apotex Pty Ltd v Warner-Lambert Company LLC (No 2) (2016) 122 IPR 17 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2015) 257 CLR 356 Becton Dickinson Pty Ltd v B. Braun Melsungen AG [2018] FCA 1692 Electric and Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd (1938) 56 RPC 23 Garford Pty Ltd v Dywidag Systems International Pty Ltd (2015) 110 IPR 30 ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizole Corporation Inc (1999) 45 IPR 577 Jupiters Ltd and Ors v Neurizon Pty Ltd (2005) 222 ALR 155 Kimberly Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd (2001) 207 CLR 1 Kirin-Amgen Inc and Others v Hoechst Marion Roussel Ltd and Others (2004) 64 IPR 444 Lane-Fox v Kensington and Knightsbridge Electric Lighting Co Ltd [1892] 3 Ch 424 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 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v Beiersdorf (Australia) Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 253 Pfizer Overseas Pharmaceuticals v Eli Lilly & Co (2005) 68 IPR 1 RD Werner & Co Inc v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd (1989) 85 ALR 679 Rehm Pty Ltd v Websters Security Systems (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 Washex Machinery Corporation v Roy Burton & Co Pty Ltd (1975) 49 ALJR 12 Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd (No2) (2018) 129 IPR 205 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262 WM Wrigley Jr Co v Cadbury Schweppes Pty Ltd (2005) 66 IPR 298 TA Blanco White, Patents for Inventions, 5th ed. Stevens & Sons, London, 1983
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