F Hoffman-La Roche & Co AG v Commissioner of Patents 70

[1971] HCA 3; (1971) 123 CLR 529

High Court of Australia

Australia - Commonwealth

22nd February, 1971

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Interlego AG v Toltoys Pty Ltd	[1973] HCA 1; (1973) 130 CLR 461; 47 ALJR 703	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Dec 1973	AustLII	191
ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v The Lubrizol Corporation Inc	[2000] FCA 1349; (2000) 106 FCR 214; 181 ALR 635; (2000) 49 IPR 513; [2001] AIPC 39,051	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Sep 2000	AustLII	124
Leonardis v Sartas	[1996] FCA 449; 67 FCR 126; (1996) 35 IPR 23; [1996] AIPC 37,424	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Jun 1996	AustLII	122
Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis	[2008] FCA 1194; (2008) 78 IPR 485	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Aug 2008	AustLII	84
Aktiebolaget H ä ssle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd	[1999] FCA 628; (1999) 44 IPR 593; [1999] AIPC 39,414	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 May 1999	AustLII	74
Alphapharm Pty Ltd v H Lundbeck A/S	[2008] FCA 559; (2008) 76 IPR 618	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Apr 2008	AustLII	73
Elconnex Pty Ltd v Gerard Industries Pty Ltd	[1991] FCA 567; 32 FCR 491; 105 ALR 247; (1991) 22 IPR 551; [1992] AIPC 90-848	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Nov 1991	AustLII	68
Coopers Animal Health Australia Ltd v Western Stock Distributors Pty Ltd	[1987] FCA 355; (1987) 15 FCR 382; (1987) 76 ALR 429; [1988] AIPC 38,252; 11 IPR 20	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Oct 1987	AustLII	66
JMVB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Camoflag Pty Ltd	[2005] FCA 1474; (2005) 67 IPR 68; [2006] AIPC 92-143; [2006] ALMD 3417	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Oct 2005	AustLII	65
Atlantis Corporation Pty Ltd v Schindler	[1997] FCA 1105; (1997) 39 IPR 29; [1997] AIPC 39,834	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Oct 1997	AustLII	42
Grove Hill Pty Ltd v Great Western Corporation Pty Ltd	[2002] FCAFC 183; (2002) 55 IPR 257; [2002] AIPC 91-810	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Jun 2002	AustLII	40
New England Biolabs Inc v F Hoffman-La Roche AG	[2004] FCAFC 213; (2004) 141 FCR 1; 62 IPR 510; [2004] AIPC 92-019	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Aug 2004	AustLII	37
Merck & Co Inc v Sankyo Co Ltd	[1992] FCA 198; (1992) 23 IPR 415; [1992] AIPC 38,475	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 May 1992	AustLII	37
PhotoCure ASA v Queen ’ s University at Kingston	[2005] FCA 344; (2005) 216 ALR 41; 64 IPR 314; [2005] AIPC 92-084; [2005] ALMD 8410	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	6 Apr 2005	AustLII	35
Rohm and Haas Co v Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha and Sankyo Co, Ltd	[1997] APO 40	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	4 Sep 1997	AustLII	29
Pfizer Inc v Commissioner of Patents	[2005] FCA 137; (2005) 141 FCR 413; 64 IPR 547; [2005] AIPC 92-075	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	1 Mar 2005	AustLII	25
Fina Research SA v Halliburton Energy Services Inc (No 2)	[2003] FCA 251; (2003) 127 FCR 561; 59 IPR 91	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Mar 2003	AustLII	22
Gambro Pty Ltd v Fresenius Medical Care South East Asia Pty Ltd	[2000] FCA 1044; (2000) 49 IPR 321; [2000] AIPC 37,816	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Aug 2000	AustLII	21
Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd v Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC	[2016] FCA 169; (2016) 117 IPR 252	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Mar 2016	AustLII	20
Emory University v Biochem Pharma Inc	[1999] APO 50	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	5 Aug 1999	AustLII	19
Wimmera Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd v RGC Mineral Sands Ltd (No 3)	[1997] FCA 1063; [1997] AIPC 91-366	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Oct 1997	AustLII	19
Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC v Gilead Sciences Pty Ltd	[2017] FCAFC 196; (2017) 134 IPR 1	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Dec 2017	AustLII	18
Emperor Sports Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents	[2005] FCA 996; (2005) 146 FCR 159; 222 ALR 484; [2005] AIPC 92-117; 66 IPR 46	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	25 Jul 2005	AustLII	17
Farbwerke Hoechst AG Vormals Meister Lucius & Bruning v Commissioner of Patents	[1971] HCA 7; (1971) 124 CLR 654; (1971) 45 ALJR 235	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	1 Apr 1971	AustLII	16
CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd (No 2)	[1993] FCA 653; 48 FCR 41; 27 IPR 577; [1994] AIPC 38,115	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Dec 1993	AustLII	15
Novartis AG v Bausch & Lomb (Australia) Pty Ltd	[2004] FCA 835; (2004) 62 IPR 71	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	24 Aug 2004	AustLII	14
Black & Decker Inc v GMCA Pty Ltd (No 2)	[2008] FCA 504; (2008) 76 IPR 99	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Apr 2008	AustLII	13
Gambro Pty Ltd v Fresenius Medical Care South East Asia Pty Ltd	[1999] FCA 1848; (1999) 48 IPR 625	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Dec 1999	AustLII	13
Lubrizol Corporation Inc v Imperial Chemical Industries plc	[2000] FCA 1464; (2000) 50 IPR 526	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Oct 2000	AustLII	11
Davies v Lazer Safe Pty Ltd	[2018] FCA 702; (2018) 358 ALR 508; (2018) 132 IPR 202	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 May 2018	AustLII	10
Pharmacia Aktiebolag v Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd	[1995] APO 59; (1995) 34 IPR 445	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	10 Oct 1995	AustLII	9
Cook v Fritz	[2013] NRSC 2	Supreme Court of Nauru	Nauru	15 Mar 2013	PacLII	7
Novartis AG v Hospira Pty Ltd	[2012] FCA 1055; (2012) 98 IPR 185	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Sep 2012	AustLII	6
American Home Products Corporation	[1994] APO 58	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	28 Sep 1994	AustLII	6
United States Gypsum Co v CSR Building Products Ltd	[2017] FCA 595	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 May 2017	AustLII	5
Orenco Systems, Inc v Everhard Industries Pty Ltd	[1999] APO 68	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	26 Oct 1999	AustLII	5
B Braun Melsungen AG v Multigate Medical Devices Pty Ltd	[2014] FCA 1110	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Oct 2014	AustLII	4
Enichem Synthesis Spa v Ciba Geigy AG	[1996] APO 34; [1996] AIPC 91-276	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	28 Jun 1996	AustLII	4
Rimfrost AS v Aker BioMarine Antarctic AS	[2019] APO 28	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 Jun 2019	AustLII	2
Lumenyte International Corporation v Light Transmission Cables Pty Ltd (No 2)	[1995] APO 21; [1995] AIPC 39,668; 31 IPR 527	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	10 Apr 1995	AustLII	2
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation v Philip Morris Incorporated	[1994] APO 12; 29 IPR 299	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	3 Feb 1994	AustLII	2
Bristol-Myers Co v l'Oreal	[1988] APO 26; [1988] AIPC 90-529	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	24 Aug 1988	AustLII	2
Westfield v Registrar-General (NSW)	[2003] NSWCA 343; 11 BPR 21,539	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	15 Dec 2003	AustLII	1
Alcon Laboratories Inc v Bausch & Lomb Inc	[2000] APO 11	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	8 Feb 2000	AustLII	1
Patent Gesellschaft AG v Saudi Livestock Transport and Trading Co	[1997] FCA 95	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Feb 1997	AustLII	1
Nicola Leonardis v Sartas	[1996] FCA 1548	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Jun 1996	AustLII	1
Atlas Powder Co v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd	[1989] APO 10; 15 IPR 34; [1989] AIPC 39,105	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	15 May 1989	AustLII	1
Atlas Powder Co v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd	[1989] APO 10; 15 IPR 34; [1989] AIPC 39,105	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	15 May 1989	AustLII	1
Re Bisley Investment Corporation Ltd and Lytona Pty Ltd and the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Party Joined: Country Television Services Ltd	[1981] AATA 106	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	15 Sep 1981	AustLII	1
Merial New Zealand Ltd v Jurox Pty Ltd	[2017] APO 5	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	18 Jan 2017	AustLII
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v BASF Plant Science GmbH	[2016] APO 83	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	23 Nov 2016	AustLII
Pfizer, Inc	[2004] APO 12	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	4 Jun 2004	AustLII
Richard Arnot Jones v Interium Pty Ltd	[2000] APO 40	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	6 Jun 2000	AustLII
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC v EI Du Pont De Nemours and Co	[1999] APO 63	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	11 Oct 1999	AustLII
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC v the Lubrizol Corporation and EI Du Pont De Nemours and Co	[1999] APO 62	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	11 Oct 1999	AustLII
Austoft Industries Ltd v Cameco Industries Ltd	[1999] APO 53	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 Aug 1999	AustLII
Recycled Paper Products Corporation v Ghaleb M Y Alhamad	[1998] APO 37	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 Jul 1998	AustLII
Daikin Industries, Ltd v EI Du Pont De Nemours and Co	[1996] APO 45; 36 IPR 380	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	18 Sep 1996	AustLII
Atlantis Corporation Pty Ltd v Schindler	[1996] NSWSC 16	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 Jan 1996	AustLII
Monsanto Co v Imcera Group Inc	[1994] APO 39	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	8 Jun 1994	AustLII
Ricardo International PLC v Orbital Engine Co (Australia) Pty Ltd	[1994] APO 38; 29 IPR 353	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	6 Jun 1994	AustLII
Interact Machine Tools (Nsw) Pty Ltd; IMT International Machine Tools Pty Ltd and Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd v Yamazaki Mazak Corporation	[1993] FCA 344; [1993] AIPC 91-026	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Jul 1993	AustLII
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation v Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd, Imt International MacHine Tools Pty Ltd and Interact MacHine Tools (NSW) Pty Ltd	[1993] APO 2; 25 IPR 563	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	21 Jan 1993	AustLII
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation v Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd and six others	[1993] APO 1	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	21 Jan 1993	AustLII
Concorde Trading Pty Ltd v Croner Trading Pty Ltd	[1992] APO 54	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	25 Sep 1992	AustLII
Wellcome Foundation Ltd v Peptide Technology Ltd	[1991] APO 60; 23 IPR 319	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	12 Dec 1991	AustLII
Re Application by The Liposome Co Inc	[1990] APO 2; [1990] AIPC 36,132; 22 IPR 100	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	2 Jan 1990	AustLII
Re American Home Products Corporation v Commissioner of Patents	[1989] FCA 324	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Aug 1989	AustLII
Re Coopers Animal Health Australia Ltd v Western Stock Distributors Pty Ltd; Australian Stock Developments Ltd; Cethana Nominees Pty Ltd Re Western Stock Distributors Pty Ltd (First Cross-Claimant); Australian Stock Developments Lim	[1986] FCA 279	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Aug 1986	AustLII
Re Control Investments Pty Ltd Keith Rupert Murdoch Kayarem Pty Ltd Cruden Investments Pty Ltd the News Corporation Ltd and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd the Commonwealth of Australia	[1981] AATA 172	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	17 Dec 1981	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Patents Act 1952 (Cth)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Monsanto Co v Imcera Group Inc	[1994] APO 39	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	8 Jun 1994	AustLII
Ricardo International PLC v Orbital Engine Co (Australia) Pty Ltd	[1994] APO 38; 29 IPR 353	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	6 Jun 1994	AustLII
Interact Machine Tools (Nsw) Pty Ltd; IMT International Machine Tools Pty Ltd and Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd v Yamazaki Mazak Corporation	[1993] FCA 344; [1993] AIPC 91-026	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 Jul 1993	AustLII
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation v Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd, Imt International MacHine Tools Pty Ltd and Interact MacHine Tools (NSW) Pty Ltd	[1993] APO 2; 25 IPR 563	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	21 Jan 1993	AustLII
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation v Nakamura-Tome Precision Industry Co Ltd and six others	[1993] APO 1	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	21 Jan 1993	AustLII
Concorde Trading Pty Ltd v Croner Trading Pty Ltd	[1992] APO 54	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	25 Sep 1992	AustLII
Wellcome Foundation Ltd v Peptide Technology Ltd	[1991] APO 60; 23 IPR 319	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	12 Dec 1991	AustLII
Re Application by The Liposome Co Inc	[1990] APO 2; [1990] AIPC 36,132; 22 IPR 100	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	2 Jan 1990	AustLII
Re American Home Products Corporation v Commissioner of Patents	[1989] FCA 324	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Aug 1989	AustLII
Re Coopers Animal Health Australia Ltd v Western Stock Distributors Pty Ltd; Australian Stock Developments Ltd; Cethana Nominees Pty Ltd Re Western Stock Distributors Pty Ltd (First Cross-Claimant); Australian Stock Developments Lim	[1986] FCA 279	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Aug 1986	AustLII
Re Control Investments Pty Ltd Keith Rupert Murdoch Kayarem Pty Ltd Cruden Investments Pty Ltd the News Corporation Ltd and Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd the Commonwealth of Australia	[1981] AATA 172	Administrative Appeals Tribunal	Australia	17 Dec 1981	AustLII

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