Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Calix Limited v Grenof Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 378 File number: NSD 852 of 2021
Judgment of: NICHOLAS J
Date of judgment: 28 April 2023
Catchwords: PATENTS – claim for method of producing hydroxide slurries – construction of claim – whether claim infringed – whether s 121A of Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ("the Act") applied to place onus on the respondents – whether Court satisfied that it was very likely that respondents' product was made by the patented process – whether claim invalid for lack of novelty or inventive step – whether claim invalid for non-compliance with s 40(2)(a) or s 40(3) of the Act Held: claim not infringed – claim invalid for lack of inventive step and non-compliance with s 40(3) of the Act
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth) ss 18(1)(b)(i), 40(2)(a), 40(3), 121A, 128 Patents Act 1977 (UK) s 72(1)(c)
Cases cited: Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2002) 212 CLR 411 Allsop Inc v Bintang Ltd (1989) 15 IPR 686 American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1979] RPC 215 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2014) 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd (2015) 257 CLR 356 Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd (1982) RPC 183 Eli Lily v Human Genome Sciences [2008] RPC 29 Garford Pty Ltd v Dywidag Systems International Pty Ltd (2015) 110 IPR 30 General Tire & Rubber Co Ltd v Firestone Tyre & Rubber Co Ltd [1972] RPC 457 Hill v Evans (1862) 45 ER 1195 ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizol Corporation Inc (1999) 45 IPR 577 Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) (2007) 235 CLR 173 Mentor Corp v Hollister Inc [1991] FSR 557 Mentor Corp v Hollister Inc [1993] RPC 7 Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Wyeth LLC (No 3) (2020) 155 IPR 1 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v Beiersdorf (Australia) Ltd (1980) 144 CLR 253 Novartis AG v Johnson and Johnson Medical [2010] EWCA Civ 1039 RD Werner & Co Inc v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd (1989) 25 FCR 565 Root Quality Pty Ltd v Root Control Technologies Pty Ltd (2000) 177 ALR 231 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd (1981) 148 CLR 262
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