Dei Gratia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2024] FCA 1145

Federal Court of Australia Dei Gratia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2024] FCA 1145 Appeal from: Dei Gratia Pty Ltd [2023] APO 50

File number: VID 889 of 2023

Judgment of: ROFE J

Date of judgment: 1 October 2024

Catchwords: PATENTS – a logistics facility and related systems and methods for the provision of goods or services to an end user – network of modified local outlets – manner of manufacture – s 18(a) of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – computer-implemented scheme – patentability of a computer-implemented scheme – use of computers for their well-known purpose – whether the invention claimed disclosed a technological advancement – appeal dismissed.

Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Raising the Bar) Act 2012 (Cth) Legislation: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Patents Act 1952 (Cth) Patents Act 1990 (Cth) Statute of Monopolies 1624 (21 Jac 1 c 3)

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