Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Elanco Australasia Pty Ltd v Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 640 Appeal from: Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd v Bayer Australia Ltd [2020] APO 25; Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd v Elanco Australasia Pty Ltd [2021] APO 30
File number(s): NSD 829 of 2021
Judgment of: BURLEY J
Date of judgment: 14 June 2024
Catchwords: PATENTS – appeal from decisions of a Delegate of the Commissioner of Patents refusing grant of patent following amendment – patent for ectoparasitic treatment method and composition – validity – lack of inventive step – s 7(3) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – appeal dismissed
Legislation: Patents Act 1990 (Cth)ss 7(3), 40(3), 59, 60(3A) Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth)
Cases cited: Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd v Bayer Australia Ltd [2020] APO 25 Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd v Elanco Australasia Pty Ltd [2021] APO 30 Aktiebolaget Hässle v Alphapharm Pty Limited [2002] HCA 59; (2002) 212 CLR 411 Allsop Inc v Bintang Ltd [1989] FCA 428; (1989) 15 IPR 686 Apotex Pty Ltd v ICOS Corporation (No 3) [2018] FCA 1204; (2018) 135 IPR 13 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99; (2014) 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30; (2015) 257 CLR 356 British Acoustic Films Ltd v Nettlefold Productions Ltd [1935] 1 WLUK 2; (1936) 53 RPC 221 Brugger v Medic-Aid Ltd [1996] 6 WLUK 122; [1996] RPC 635 Generic Health Pty Ltd v Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft [2014] FCAFC 73; (2014) 222 FCR 336 Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd v Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC [2016] FCA 169; (2016) 117 IPR 252 ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v Lubrizol Corporation Inc [1999] FCA 345; (1999) 45 IPR 577 Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 196; (2017) 134 IPR Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] HCA 21; (2007) 235 CLR 173 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v Wyeth LLC [2020] FCA 1477; (2020) 155 IPR 1 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company v Beiersdorf (Australia) Limited [1980] HCA 9; (1980) 144 CLR 253 Nichia Corporation v Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 2; (2019) 175 IPR 187 Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation v Biorex Laboratories Ltd [1970] 1 WLUK 202; [1970] RPC 157 R D Werner & Co Inc v Bailey Aluminium Products Pty Ltd [1989] FCA 57; (1989) 25 FCR 565 Wellcome Foundation Ltd v VR Laboratories (Aust) Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 12; (1981) 148 CLR 26
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