Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2021] FCA 31 File number: WAD 323 of 2018
Judgment of: MCKERRACHER J
Date of judgment: 29 January 2021
Catchwords: PATENTS – validity – manner of manufacture – where appellant's claims held to be mere scheme or business method – where appellant given limited opportunity to amend claims after delivery of judgment – where appellant proceeded to engage in iterative process with the Commissioner of Patents and filed two amendment applications – whether any amendment could cure the defects in the claims without offending s 102 of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – whether the principle of finality should prevent the appellant from relying on the second application
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37M, 37N Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 101F(4), 102, 102(1), 105, 105(1A)
Cases cited: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v IGT (Australia) Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 1529 Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited v Commissioner of Patents [2020] FCA 778 Autodesk Inc v Dyason (No 2) (1993) 176 CLR 300; [1993] HCA 6 CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (1994) 51 FCR 260; [1994] FCA 396 Commissioner of Patents v Rokt Pte Ltd [2020] FCAFC 86 Commissioner of Patents v RPL Central Pty Ltd (2015) 238 FCR 27; [2015] FCAFC 177 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v BASF Plant Science GmbH [2020] FCA 328 Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 161 Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd v Cargill, Inc (2018) 129 IPR 278; [2018] FCA 51 Merial Inc v Intervet International BV (No 4) (2017) 124 IPR 1; [2017] FCA 223 Nutrasweet Australia Pty Ltd v Ajinomoto Co Inc (No 3) (2007) 73 IPR 282; [2007] FCA 966 Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2019] FCA 1956 Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 2) [2019] FCA 2125 Research Affıliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents (2014) 227 FCR 378; [2014] FCAFC 150 Wentworth v Woollahra Municipal Council (No 2) (1982) 149 CLR 672; [1982] HCA 41 Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Ltd (No 3) [1997] FCA 1063; (1997) AIPC 91-366
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