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What's in a name? Eli Lilly's olanzapine patent deemed valid on all grounds

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The Federal Court has upheld the validity of Eli Lilly’s Australian patent covering anti-psychotic drug olanzapine in a recent revocation action

Patent validity: Federal Court emphasises importance of section 7(3) for prior art documents

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 19 2013

This decision concerns an appeal to the Federal Court of Australia following re-examination of an Australian standard patent directed to roadside

Federal Magistrates Court changes name to Federal Circuit Court

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 15 2013

On 12 April 2013, the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia changed its name to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. The change comes about as a

Federal court: snack foods' interlocutory injunction application unsuccessful in trade mark infringement case

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • April 10 2013

On 23 November 2012, Justice Foster of the Federal Court dismissed an application for injunctive relief by Snack Foods Limited against its competitor

High Court refuses special leave application by SNF; Ciba innovation patents stand

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In an earlier briefing, we reported that SNF had filed a special leave application in the High Court of Australia in a last-ditch attempt to have

Dynamite attempts to enforce a feel-good gaming patent against Aruze

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 6 2013

In the recent case of Dynamite Games v Aruze Gaming & Ors, Justice Emmett of the Federal Court of Australia considered the validity and infringement

SNF asks High Court to review validity of Ciba innovation patents

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • March 4 2013

In Federal Court cases decided in 2011 and 2012, SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd sought to revoke five innovation patents owned by Ciba Specialty Chemicals

Apple v Samsung patent litigation: Federal Court appoints two-judge panel

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 28 2013

On Monday 25 February 2013, Apple and Samsung returned to the Federal Court of Australia to resume their long-running patent dispute relating to each

Is a method of treatment of the human body a patentable invention?

  • Davies Collison Cave
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • February 22 2013

In what will undoubtedly be an important decision for the medical and pharmaceutical industries, the High Court of Australia will this year

Software patents in Australia: Court prefers curves to asset index

  • Davies Collison Cave
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  • Australia
  • -
  • February 18 2013

Software patents have been available in Australia for over 20 years since the Federal Court considered IBM's curve generation process patentable1