Biogen International GmbH v Pharmacor Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1591

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Biogen International GmbH v Pharmacor Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 1591 File number(s): VID 443 of 2021

Judgment of: ROFE J

Date of judgment: 16 December 2021

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – patents – interlocutory injunction application – prima facie case – validity of patents – extension of patent term – balance of convenience – quantification of potential loss and damage – application refused

Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) Patents Amendment Act 2001 (Cth) Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 (Cth) Explanatory Memorandum to the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill 1998 (Cth) Terrell on the Law of Patents 19th ed (2021)

Cases cited: Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) (2012) 96 IPR 185 Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd (2013) 304 ALR 1 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill (2006) 227 CLR 57 Beecham Group Limited v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Laboratories Pty Ltd (1968) 118 CLR 618 Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH v Commissioner of Patents (No. 2) (2001) 52 IPR 529 Boehringer Ingelheim International v Commissioner of Patents [2000] FCA 1918 Bristol Myers Squibb v FH Faulding & Co Ltd (2000) 97 FCR 524 Commissioner of Patents v Abbvie Biotechnology Ltd (2017) 125 IPR 398 Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi (formerly Sanofi-Aventis) (No 5) (2020) 151 IPR 237 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd & Anor v Dart Industries (1988) 13 IPR 385 Garford Pty Ltd v Dywidag Systems International Pty Ltd & Anor (2015) 110 IPR 30 Generic Health Pty Ltd & Anor v Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft & Anor (2018) 137 IPR 1 H Lundbeck A/S v Sandoz Pty Ltd (2018) 137 IPR 408 Interpharma Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2008] FCA 1498 Meat & Livestock Australia v Cargill, Inc (2018) 129 IPR 278 Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals In & Ors v HN Norton & Co Ltd (1995) 33 IPR 1 Myers Taylor Pty Ltd v Vicarr Industries Ltd (1977) 137 CLR 228 Mylan Health Pty Ltd & Anor v Sun Pharma ANZ Pty Ltd & Anor [2020] FCAFC 116 Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd v Bayer Australia Ltd (2015) 111 IPR 1 Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v Generic Health Pty Ltd (No 4) (2015) 113 IPR 191 Prejay Holdings Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (2003) 57 IPR 424 Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd v Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd (1999) 44 IPR 481 Samsung Electronics Co. Limited v Apple Inc. [2011] FCAFC 156 Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2019) 139 IPR 409 Sigma Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd v Wyeth (2018) 136 IPR 8