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International Business Machines Corporation v Commissioner of Patents   flag 

[1991] FCA 625; (1991) 33 FCR 218; 105 ALR 388; (1991) 22 IPR 417; [1992] AIPC 90-853
Federal Court of Australia
Australia - Commonwealth
13th December, 1991

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction †  Date Full Text Citation Index
Pizzeys Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys Pty Ltd v Apple Inc [2024] APO 54 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 23 Dec 2024 AustLII flag
CareFusion 303, Inc [2024] APO 50 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 6 Dec 2024 AustLII flag
360 Knee Systems Pty Ltd [2024] APO 39 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 11 Sep 2024 AustLII flag
Apple Inc [2024] APO 23 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 12 Jun 2024 AustLII flag
Molnlycke Health Care AB [2023] APO 56 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 8 Nov 2023 AustLII flag
Grand Performance Online Pty Ltd [2023] APO 20 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 17 Apr 2023 AustLII flag
CareFusion 303, Inc [2023] APO 17 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 30 Mar 2023 AustLII flag
Accenture Global Services Ltd [2023] APO 10 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 14 Feb 2023 AustLII flag
Bavelpay Slu (b-67506527) [2022] APO 78 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 30 Nov 2022 AustLII flag
Accenture Global Solutions Ltd [2022] APO 49 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 11 Jul 2022 AustLII flag
Forethought Pty Ltd [2022] APO 16 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 1 Mar 2022 AustLII flag
Accenture Global Solutions Ltd [2022] APO 8 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 10 Feb 2022 AustLII flag
Grand Performance Online Pty Ltd [2020] APO 33 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 9 Jul 2020 AustLII flag
Intuit Inc [2020] APO 23 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 20 May 2020 AustLII flag
Apple, Inc [2019] APO 32 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 19 Jul 2019 AustLII flag
Joy Global Surface Mining Inc [2018] APO 68 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 5 Oct 2018 AustLII flag
HRB Innovations, Inc [2018] APO 63 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 14 Sep 2018 AustLII flag
Amplero, Inc [2018] APO 59 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 5 Sep 2018 AustLII flag
Apple Inc [2018] APO 54 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 20 Aug 2018 AustLII flag
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc [2018] APO 24 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 28 Mar 2018 AustLII flag
Patent Investment & Licensing Co [2018] APO 1 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 3 Jan 2018 AustLII flag
McCormick & Co, Incorporated [2017] APO 62; 133 IPR 324 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 14 Dec 2017 AustLII flag
BGC Partners, Inc [2017] APO 43 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 29 Aug 2017 AustLII flag
Discovery Life Ltd [2017] APO 36 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 18 Jul 2017 AustLII flag
Trading Technologies International, Inc [2017] APO 13 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 21 Mar 2017 AustLII flag
Amadeus SAS [2016] APO 71 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 17 Oct 2016 AustLII flag
Rokt Pte Ltd [2016] APO 66 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 11 Oct 2016 AustLII flag
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2016] APO 49; 123 IPR 341 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 22 Jul 2016 AustLII flag
FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd v British Broadcasting Corporation [2016] APO 19 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 12 Apr 2016 AustLII flag
General Electric Co v Ausrail Technologies Pty Ltd [2015] APO 67 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 19 Oct 2015 AustLII flag
Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH [2015] APO 65 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 2 Oct 2015 AustLII flag
Innovia Security Pty Ltd v De La Rue International Ltd [2015] APO 43 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 31 Jul 2015 AustLII flag
Sandoz AG v Leo Laboratories Ltd [2015] APO 41 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 24 Jul 2015 AustLII flag
Jumbo Interactive Ltd & New South Wales Lotteries Corporation v Elot, Inc [2013] APO 28 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 18 Apr 2013 AustLII flag
Swiss Reinsurance Co [2013] APO 24 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 13 Mar 2013 AustLII flag
Celgene Corporation [2013] APO 14 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 29 Jan 2013 AustLII flag
Celgene Corporation [2012] APO 12 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 17 Jan 2012 AustLII flag
Sheng-Ping Fang [2011] APO 102 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 20 Dec 2011 AustLII flag
Jumbo Interactive Ltd & New South Wales Lotteries Corporation v Elot, Inc [2011] APO 82 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 28 Oct 2011 AustLII flag
Network Solutions, LLC [2011] APO 65 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 19 Aug 2011 AustLII flag
Myall Australia Pty Ltd v RPL Central Pty Ltd [2011] APO 48 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 12 Jul 2011 AustLII flag
Research Affiliates LLC, Re [2010] APO 31; (2010) 90 IPR 607 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 17 Dec 2010 AustLII flag
Invention Pathways Pty Ltd, Re [2010] APO 10; (2010) 88 IPR 149 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 21 Jul 2010 AustLII flag
ISG Technologies Inc v Bluescope Steel Ltd [2007] APO 28; (2007) 74 IPR 143 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 24 Aug 2007 AustLII flag
Fexco Dynamic Currency Conversion Ltd v Mainline Corporate Holdings Ltd [2007] APO 24 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 13 Jul 2007 AustLII flag
Peter Szabo and Associates Pty Ltd [2005] APO 24 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 5 May 2005 AustLII flag
Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc v Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation and Schering Aktiengesellschaft [2001] APO 27 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 1 Jun 2001 AustLII flag
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 flag
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 flag
Emory University v Biochem Pharma Inc [1999] APO 50 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 5 Aug 1999 AustLII flag
Firebelt Pty Ltd v MacDonald Johnston Engineering Co Pty Ltd [1998] APO 6 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 27 Feb 1998 AustLII flag
Raychem Ltd v Global Lightning Technologies Pty Ltd (Formerly Critec Pty Ltd) [1996] APO 57; 36 IPR 572 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 20 Nov 1996 AustLII flag
Concorde Trading Pty Ltd v Croner Trading Pty Ltd [1995] APO 43; 32 IPR 545 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 7 Aug 1995 AustLII flag
Allen Telecom Group, Inc v Vicom Australia Pty Ltd [1994] APO 72 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 13 Dec 1994 AustLII flag
Thomas Anthony Myers v Caterpillar Inc [1993] APO 65 IP Australia - Australian Patent Office Australia 22 Oct 1993 AustLII flag
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (No 3) [2024] FCA 212 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Mar 2024 AustLII flag
Motorola Solutions, Inc v Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd (Liability) [2022] FCA 1585 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 23 Dec 2022 AustLII flag
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2022] HCA 29; (2022) 274 CLR 115; 96 ALJR 837 High Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 17 Aug 2022 AustLII flag
Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCAFC 223; 164 IPR 1 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 8 Dec 2021 AustLII flag
Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd [2021] FCAFC 202; (2021) 286 FCR 572; 163 IPR 231 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 19 Nov 2021 AustLII flag
Repipe Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2019] FCA 1956; 148 IPR 164 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 22 Nov 2019 AustLII flag
Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 161; 372 ALR 646; (2019) 145 IPR 1 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Sep 2019 AustLII flag
Nichia Corporation v Arrow Electronics Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 2; (2019) 175 IPR 187 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 29 Jan 2019 AustLII flag
Rokt Pte Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2018] FCA 1988; 139 IPR 1 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Dec 2018 AustLII flag
Encompass Corporation Pty Ltd v InfoTrack Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 421; 130 IPR 387 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 29 Mar 2018 AustLII flag
Commissioner of Patents v RPL Central Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 177; (2015) 238 FCR 27; (2015) 328 ALR 458; 115 IPR 461 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 11 Dec 2015 AustLII flag
Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents [2014] FCAFC 150; 227 FCR 378; (2014) 316 ALR 135; (2014) 109 IPR 364 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 10 Nov 2014 AustLII flag
MPEG LA, LLC v Regency Media Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 180 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 6 Mar 2014 AustLII flag
RPL Central Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents [2013] FCA 871 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 30 Aug 2013 AustLII flag
Vehicle Monitoring Systems Pty Ltd v Sarb Management Group Pty Ltd (trading as Database Consultants Australia) (No 2) [2013] FCA 395; (2013) 101 IPR 496 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 3 May 2013 AustLII flag
Eli Lilly and Co Ltd v Apotex Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 214; 100 IPR 451 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 15 Mar 2013 AustLII flag
Dynamite Games Pty Ltd v Aruze Gaming Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 163; (2013) 100 IPR 86 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 4 Mar 2013 AustLII flag
Research Affiliates LLC v Commissioner of Patents [2013] FCA 71; (2013) 300 ALR 724 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 13 Feb 2013 AustLII flag
H Lundbeck A/S v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 70; (2009) 177 FCR 151; 81 IPR 228 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 11 Jun 2009 AustLII flag
Grant v Commissioner of Patents [2006] FCAFC 120; (2006) 154 FCR 62; 234 ALR 230; 69 IPR 221; [2006] AIPC 92-221 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 18 Jul 2006 AustLII flag
Grant v Commissioner of Patents [2005] FCA 1100; (2006) 67 IPR 1; [2005] AIPC 92-126 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 12 Aug 2005 AustLII flag
Welcome Real-Time SA v Catuity Inc [2001] FCA 445; (2001) 113 FCR 110; (2001) 51 IPR 327; [2001] AIPC 91-719 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 17 May 2001 AustLII flag
Nesbit Evans Group Australia Pty Ltd v Impro Ltd [1997] FCA 1092; (1997) 39 IPR 56 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 22 Oct 1997 AustLII flag
Impro Ltd and Arjo Ltd v Nesbit Evans Group Australia Ltd [1996] FCA 1127 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 23 Dec 1996 AustLII flag
CCOM Pty Ltd v Jiejing Pty Ltd [1994] FCA 396; 51 FCR 260; (1994) 122 ALR 417; 28 IPR 481; [1994] AIPC 91-079 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 22 Jun 1994 AustLII flag
Kornelis ’ Kunsthars Producten Industrie BV v WR Grace & Co-Conn [1994] FCA 969; [1994] AIPC 91-056 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 15 Mar 1994 AustLII flag
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 flag
NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 404; (1993) 44 FCR 239; 117 ALR 79; 26 IPR 513; [1993] AIPC 91-025 Federal Court of Australia Australia - Commonwealth 26 Aug 1993 AustLII flag
Atlantis Corporation Pty Ltd v Schindler [1996] NSWSC 16 Supreme Court of New South Wales Australia - New South Wales 31 Jan 1996 AustLII flag
Computer Software Protection [1994] Can Com R 10 Canada circa 1994 AustLII flag
Gregory Hugh Hodgkiss, John Conn, Peter Kingsley Lake-Johns, Thomas John O'Brien v Monument Insurance (NZ) Ltd [2013] NZIPOPAT 8 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 8 Apr 2013 NZLII flag
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v The Commissioner of Patents [2007] NZIPOPAT 22 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 20 Aug 2007 NZLII flag
Coppereye Ltd [2006] NZIPOPAT 30 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 31 Jul 2006 NZLII flag
George N Haddad [2000] NZIPOPAT 8 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 2 May 2000 NZLII flag
Hughes Aircraft Co [1995] NZIPOPAT 3 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 3 May 1995 NZLII flag
Clarks Ltd [1993] NZIPOPAT 12 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 30 Jun 1993 NZLII flag

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title Citation(s) Author Jurisdiction †  Date Full Text Citation Index
"How Does Australian Copyright Law Respond To Obscenity In An Era Of Digital Technology?" [2022] CanLawRw 4 (2022) 19 Canberra Law Review 52 Cripps, Mizcedes Australia circa 2022 AustLII flag
"Storyline Patents: Are Plots Patentable" (2009) 33 Melbourne University Law Review 292 McEniery, Ben Australia circa 2009 AustLII flag
"Patentability of Non-Physical Inventions: Lessons from the United States, The" (2009) 35 Monash University Law Review 376 McEniery, Ben Australia circa 2009 AustLII flag
"The Scope of 'Manner of Manufacture' Under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) after Grant v Commissioner of Patents" (2006) 34 (3) Federal Law Review 461 Monotti, Ann L Australia circa 2006 AustLII flag
"Patenting Health Related Database and Information in Australia" (2005) 17 Bond Law Review 58 Lawson, Charles Australia circa 2005 AustLII flag
"Evolution of Patenting Software, The" (2005) 12 James Cook University Law Review 11 Place, AG Australia circa 2005 AustLII flag
"Legal Issues for the Use of Free and Open Source Software in Government" (2005) 29 Melbourne University Law Review 412 Fitzgerald, Brian; Suzor, Nic Australia circa 2005 AustLII flag
"A Comment on Software, Patents, Innovation and Openness" [2003] JlLawInfoSci 3 Hughes, Anton Australia circa 2003 AustLII flag
"Patenting Genes and Gene Sequences and Competition: Patenting at the Expense of Competition" (2002) 30 Federal Law Review 97 Lawson, Charles Australia circa 2002 AustLII flag
"On the Convergence of Us and Australian Patent Law" (2001) 2 Melbourne Journal of International Law 351 Harrison, Joshua Australia circa 2001 AustLII flag
"Streaming the Software Development Process Through Reuse and Patents" [1999] JlLawInfoSci 4 Moens, Annelies Australia circa 1999 AustLII flag
"Internet Patents" [1999] JlLawInfoSci 8 Middleton, Gaye Australia circa 1999 AustLII flag
"Patents for Algorithms in Australia" (1998) 20 Sydney Law Review 517 Christie, Andrew; Syme, Serena Australia circa 1998 AustLII flag
"Reverse Engineering of Computer Programs: Comments on the Copyright Law Review Committee's Final Report on Computer Software Protection" [1995] JlLawInfoSci 17 Cifuentes, Cristina; Fitzgerald, Anne Australia circa 1995 AustLII flag
"Patentability of Software in Australia: CCOM v Jiejing" [1994] JlLawInfoSci 18 Fitzgerald, Anne; Phillips, Scott Australia circa 1994 AustLII flag
"Property Offences into the 21st Century" [1999] JILT 2 J Lipton United Kingdom circa 1999 BAILII flag

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name Provision
Patents Act 1990 (Cth) s6, s52, s234
Federal Court Rules (Cth)

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name Citation(s) Court Jurisdiction †  Date Full Text Citation Index
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v The Commissioner of Patents [2007] NZIPOPAT 22 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 20 Aug 2007 NZLII flag
Coppereye Ltd [2006] NZIPOPAT 30 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 31 Jul 2006 NZLII flag
George N Haddad [2000] NZIPOPAT 8 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 2 May 2000 NZLII flag
Hughes Aircraft Co [1995] NZIPOPAT 3 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 3 May 1995 NZLII flag
Clarks Ltd [1993] NZIPOPAT 12 New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions New Zealand 30 Jun 1993 NZLII flag
"Property Offences into the 21st Century" [1999] JILT 2 J Lipton United Kingdom circa 1999 BAILII flag
Electric & Musical Industries Ltd v Lissen Ltd [1938] 4 All ER 221; (1938) 56 RPC 23 United Kingdom circa 1938 LexisNexis flag
Boulton and Watt v Bull [1795] EngR 4114; 126 ER 651; (1795) 2 HBl 463 Court of Common Pleas United Kingdom circa 1795 CommonLII flag
Diamond v Diehr 450 US 175; 209 USPQ 1; 67 L Ed 2d 155; 101 SCt 1048 United States Supreme Court United States 3 Mar 1981 WorldLII flag
Parker v Flook 437 US 584; 198 USPQ 193; 57 L Ed 2d 451; 98 SCt 2522 United States Supreme Court United States 22 Jun 1978 WorldLII flag
Gottschalk v Benson 409 US 63; 175 USPQ 673; 34 L Ed 2d 273; 93 SCt 253 United States Supreme Court United States 20 Nov 1972 WorldLII flag
Funk Bros Seed Co v Kalo Inoculant Co 333 US 127; 92 L Ed 588; 68 SCt 440; 76 USPQ 280 United States Supreme Court United States 16 Feb 1948 WorldLII flag
In re Freeman 573 F2d 1237; 197 USPQ 464 United States circa 1999 Westlaw flag
In re Walter 618 F2d 758; 205 USPQ 397 United States circa 1999 Westlaw flag
Re Abele 684 F2d 902; 214 USPQ 682 United States circa 1999 Westlaw flag
e g , In re Johnson 589 F2d 1070; 200 USPQ 199 United States circa 1999 Westlaw flag
Rantzen's Case (1946) 64 RPC 63 circa 1946
Tye-Sil Corporation Ltd v Diversified Products Corporation (1991) 20 IPR 575 circa 1991 LexisNexis AU
Burroughs Corporation (Perkins ’) Application [1974] RPC 147 circa 1974

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