PATENTS – infringement – Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s 122(1) – election between damages and account of profits – time of election – whether applicant should be compelled to make election before evidence is filed – balance between informed choice and efficient conduct of case – applicant ordered to make election within 21 days.
Recent cases about patent infringement
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Novartis AG v Pharmacor Pty Limited (No 2) [2023] FCA 963
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – patents – interlocutory application for question to be heard separately pursuant to r 30.01(1) of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where proposed separate question concerns the relevant time at which a patent applicant’s knowledge of the best method is to be fixed for the purposes of s 40(2)(a) of…
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UbiPark Pty Ltd v TMA Capital Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2023] FCA 885
PATENTS – infringement – patent for system, method and computer program for an access control system for controlling access to a restricted area (eg, a car park) – where claim 1 comprised a system including a communication system and a computer program executable by a mobile communication device (such as a smartphone) wherein the device…
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ToolGen Incorporated v Fisher (No 2) [2023] FCA 794
PATENTS – appeal against decision of delegate of Commissioner of Patents upholding opposition to patent application (“PA”) for compositions and methods using the CRISPR/Cas9 system for genome editing in eukaryotic cells – identity of person skilled in the art (“PSA”) – whether PSA comprises a team including a microbiologist with expertise in CRISPR/Cas system in…
