PATENTS – patents for supernatant vaccine against diseases affecting pigs
PATENTS – validity – best method – where antigen concentrations of vaccine disclosed as a range – whether antigen concentrations material to the advantages claimed of the invention – consideration of Firebelt Pty Ltd v Brambles Australia Ltd [2000] FCA 1689; 51 IPR 531 – role of good faith in best method requirement
PATENTS – validity – inventive step – whether administration of vaccine in a single dose involved an inventive step – where single dose combination vaccine already commercially available at priority date – whether routine tests determine dosage
Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/full/2024/2024fcafc0145
For more information, see the original judgement.
