Orikan Group Pty Ltd v Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Limited [2023] FCA 1031

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Orikan Group Pty Ltd v Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Limited [2023] FCA 1031 File number(s): VID 519 of 2022

Judgment of: O'BRYAN J

Date of judgment: 29 August 2023

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory application for stay of proceedings on basis of Anshun estoppel and strike out of claims on basis of abuse of process – whether claim for invalidity of patent should have been raised in earlier proceedings – application dismissed

Legislation: Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth), s 37M Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth), ss 18(1), 40(2)-(3), 59, 121, 128(1), 138(1) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 16.21

Cases cited: AIO21 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (2022) 294 FCR 80 Champerslife Pty Ltd v Manojlovski (2010) 75 NSWLR 245 Egglishaw v Australian Crime Commission (2007) 164 FCR 224 Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amgen Inc (1999) 92 FCR 106 Gibbs v Kinna (1999) 2 VR 19 Johnson v Gore Wood & Co [2022] 2 AC 1 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 R & J Lyons Family Settlement Pty Ltd v 155 Macquarie Street Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 232 Special Effects Ltd v L'Oreal (2007) 71 IPR 188 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Limited (2015) 256 CLR 507 Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (1992) 36 FCR 406 UBS AG v Tyne (2018) 265 CLR 77 Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v Sarb Management Group Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] FCA 395 Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd [2020] FCA 408 Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v SARB Management Group Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 224 Wong v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) 146 FCR 10