Austal Ships Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag 71

[2005] FCA 805; (2005) 66 IPR 420; [2005] AIPC 92-106; [2006] ALMD 2738

Federal Court of Australia

Australia - Commonwealth

17th June, 2005

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Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd v Generic Partners Pty Ltd (No 5)	[2024] FCA 360	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Apr 2024	AustLII	2
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Sanofi v Amgen Inc	[2022] APO 67	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	26 Sep 2022	AustLII
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation v Wyeth LLC (No 3)	[2020] FCA 1477; 155 IPR 1	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Oct 2020	AustLII	88
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc v Intervet International B v	[2020] FCA 1333	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Sep 2020	AustLII	3
Abbey Laboratories Pty Ltd v Bayer Australia Ltd	[2020] APO 25	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	4 Jun 2020	AustLII	2
Quaker Chemical (Australasia) Pty Ltd v Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Pty Ltd (No 2)	[2020] FCA 306	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Mar 2020	AustLII	3
Connected Group Australia Pty Ltd v Kolex Pty Ltd	[2020] APO 12	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	24 Feb 2020	AustLII
Technological Resources Pty Ltd v Tettman	[2019] FCA 1889; (2019) 375 ALR 185; (2019) 147 IPR 423	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Nov 2019	AustLII	8
British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd v Philip Morris Products SA	[2019] APO 40	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	22 Aug 2019	AustLII	4
SNF (Australia) Pty Ltd v BASF Australia Ltd	[2019] FCA 425; (2019) 140 IPR 276	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	27 Mar 2019	AustLII	9
Koppers Performance Chemicals New Zealand v Zelam Ltd	[2018] APO 73	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	29 Oct 2018	AustLII	1
Reckitt Benckiser LLC v S C Johnson & Son, Inc	[2018] APO 58	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	5 Sep 2018	AustLII
ESCO Corporation v Ronneby Road Pty Ltd	[2018] FCAFC 46; (2018) 358 ALR 431; (2018) 131 IPR 1	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Mar 2018	AustLII	27
Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH	[2018] APO 19	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	9 Mar 2018	AustLII
Meat & Livestock Australia Ltd v Cargill, Inc	[2018] FCA 51; (2018) 354 ALR 95; (2018) 129 IPR 278	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	9 Feb 2018	AustLII	45
TPI Enterprises Ltd v Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty Ltd	[2018] APO 8	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	31 Jan 2018	AustLII	1
Sportsbet Pty Ltd v Diogenes Ltd	[2017] APO 60	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	5 Dec 2017	AustLII	4
Reflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd v Borecam Asia Pte Ltd	[2017] APO 51	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	11 Oct 2017	AustLII	1
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB v Quarry Mining & Construction Equipment Pty Ltd	[2017] FCAFC 138; 348 ALR 156; 126 IPR 427	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	31 Aug 2017	AustLII	16
NSL Engineering Pte Ltd v Australian Mobile Mining Equipment Systems and Accessories Pty Ltd	[2017] APO 29	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	13 Jun 2017	AustLII	1
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co v Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B v	[2016] APO 79	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	8 Nov 2016	AustLII
Dyno Nobel Inc v Orica Explosives Technology Pty Ltd	[2016] APO 36	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	17 Jun 2016	AustLII	1
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
Mars Incorporated v Nestec SA	[2016] APO 10	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	23 Feb 2016	AustLII
CSL Ltd v Baxter International Inc and Baxter Healthcare SA	[2016] APO 9	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	18 Feb 2016	AustLII
Gary Cox v Abbott Laboratories	[2015] APO 84	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	7 Dec 2015	AustLII
Australian Mud Co Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd (No 4)	[2015] FCA 1372	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	4 Dec 2015	AustLII	21
Transcend Medical, Inc v Glaukos Corporation	[2015] APO 73	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	9 Nov 2015	AustLII	1
Osmose New Zealand v Zelam Ltd	[2015] APO 62	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	21 Sep 2015	AustLII
Orion Corporation v Actavis Pty Ltd	[2015] FCA 909	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Aug 2015	AustLII	8
Saint-Gobain Isover v Knauf Insulation GmbH	[2015] APO 48	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	14 Aug 2015	AustLII	1
Mineral Technologies Pty Ltd v Orekinetics Investments Pty Ltd	[2015] APO 23	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	1 Jun 2015	AustLII
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd and Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC v Leprino Foods	[2015] APO 22	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	25 May 2015	AustLII
CSR Building Products Ltd v United States Gypsum Co	[2015] APO 21	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 May 2015	AustLII	2
WorleyParsons Services Pty Ltd v Hatch Pty Ltd	[2014] APO 72	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	4 Nov 2014	AustLII	3
Caterpillar Inc v Esco Corporation	[2014] APO 66	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 Oct 2014	AustLII	1
Norbrook Laboratories Ltd v Merial Ltd	[2014] NZIPOPAT 20	New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions	New Zealand	22 Sep 2014	NZLII	1
Outotec Pty Ltd v Xstrata Technology Pty Ltd and Yunnan Metallurgical Group	[2014] APO 48	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	4 Jul 2014	AustLII
Fieldturf Tarkett Inc v Tigerturf International Ltd	[2014] FCA 647; (2014) 317 ALR 153; (2014) 107 IPR 46	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 Jun 2014	AustLII	8
Christopher John Carter v Cristal Metals Inc	[2014] APO 35	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	5 Jun 2014	AustLII
Garford Pty Ltd v DYWIDAG-Systems International Pty Ltd	[2014] APO 37	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	5 Jun 2014	AustLII	2
Nufarm Australia Ltd v Dow AgroSciences LLC	[2014] APO 33	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	27 May 2014	AustLII
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B v v ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co	[2014] APO 31	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	20 May 2014	AustLII	1
Rio Tinto Alcan International Ltd v Norsk Hydro ASA	[2013] APO 68	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	16 Dec 2013	AustLII
Mainmark Corporation Pty Ltd & Uretek Worldwide Oy v Mark Anthony Kuchel	[2013] APO 61	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	27 Nov 2013	AustLII
Apotex Pty Ltd v AstraZeneca AB (No 4)	[2013] FCA 162; (2013) 100 IPR 285	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Mar 2013	AustLII	66
Suntory Holdings Ltd v Martek Biosciences Corporation	[2012] APO 127	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	16 Nov 2012	AustLII
LATTEC I/S v Sensortec Ltd	[2011] NZIPOPAT 20	New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions	New Zealand	23 Dec 2011	NZLII
Cytokinetics, Incorporated v Curis, Inc	[2011] APO 66	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	23 Aug 2011	AustLII
Telstra Corporation Ltd v Amazon com, Inc	[2011] APO 28	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	9 May 2011	AustLII
Australian Mud Co Pty Ltd v Coretell Pty Ltd	[2010] FCA 1169; (2010) 88 IPR 270	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	29 Oct 2010	AustLII	12
Aspirating IP Ltd v Vision Systems Ltd	[2010] FCA 1061; (2010) 88 IPR 52	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	30 Sep 2010	AustLII	73
Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd	[2010] FCA 723; (2010) 87 IPR 380	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Jul 2010	AustLII	3
Inverness Medical Switzerland GmbH v MDS Diagnostics Pty Ltd	[2010] FCA 108; (2010) 85 IPR 525; [2010] AIPC 92-374	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Feb 2010	AustLII	46
Euroceltique SA v Sandoz Pty Ltd	[2009] APO 21; (2009) 84 IPR 172	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	12 Nov 2009	AustLII	14
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	413
Memcor Australia Pty Ltd v GE Betzdearborn Canada Co	[2009] FCA 507; (2009) 81 IPR 315	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	20 May 2009	AustLII	6
Weyerhaeuser Co v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd	[2009] NZIPOPAT 1	New Zealand Intellectual Property Office - Patents Decisions	New Zealand	12 Jan 2009	NZLII
Target Technology Co LLC v Williams Advanced Materials Inc	[2008] APO 25; (2008) 79 IPR 153	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	17 Sep 2008	AustLII
IGT (Australia) Pty Ltd v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Ltd	[2008] FCAFC 131; (2008) 77 IPR 482; [2008] AIPC 92-291	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	17 Jul 2008	AustLII	3
Kinabalu Investments Pty Ltd v Barron & Rawson Pty Ltd	[2008] FCA 314; (2008) 75 IPR 370	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 Mar 2008	AustLII	2
Stena Rederi Aktiebolag v Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd	[2007] FCA 864; (2007) 73 IPR 257	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	21 Jun 2007	AustLII	9
Aristocrat Technologies	[2007] FCA 37; (2007) 239 ALR 181; (2007) 71 IPR 259	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Feb 2007	AustLII	3
Grunenthal GmbH v Mundipharma Medical GmbH	[2006] APO 39	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	18 Dec 2006	AustLII
Zenon Environment Inc v Memcor Australia Pty Ltd	[2006] APO 24	IP Australia - Australian Patent Office	Australia	30 Jun 2006	AustLII	3

Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
"The Skilled Addressee" (FCA)	[2012] FedJSchol 8	Middleton, Justice John	Australia	circa 2012	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Patents Act 1990 (Cth)
Federal Court Rules (Cth)
Patents Amendment Act (Cth)
US Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 2004 (Cth)	s3

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Sachtler GmbH & Co KG v RE Miller Pty Ltd	[2005] FCA 788; (2005) 221 ALR 373; (2005) 65 IPR 605; [2005] AIPC 92-104; [2006] ALMD 2017	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Jun 2005	AustLII	58
Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd v Doric Products Pty Ltd	[2004] HCA 58; (2004) 217 CLR 274; 212 ALR 1; 79 ALJR 260; 62 IPR 461; [2004] AIPC 92-039	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Nov 2004	AustLII	359
Williams Advanced Materials Inc v Target Technology Co LLC	[2004] FCA 1405; (2004) 63 IPR 645; [2004] AIPC 92-038; [2005] ALMD 1035	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	29 Oct 2004	AustLII	32
Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Merck & Co Inc	[2004] FCA 1282; (2004) 213 ALR 182; (2004) 63 IPR 85; [2004] AIPC 92-034; [2005] ALMD 1086	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	6 Oct 2004	AustLII	26
Cook Inc v World Medical Manufacturing Corporation	[2003] FCA 127; (2003) 58 IPR 193; [2003] AIPC 91-881	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Feb 2003	AustLII	2
Aktiebolaget Hassle v Alphapharm Pty Ltd	[2002] HCA 59; (2002) 212 CLR 411; (2002) 194 ALR 485; (2002) 56 IPR 129; (2002) 77 ALJR 398; [2003] AIPC 91-838	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Dec 2002	AustLII	568
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co v Tyco Electronics Pty Ltd	[2002] FCAFC 315; (2002) 56 IPR 248; [2002] AIPC 91-823	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	18 Oct 2002	AustLII	90
Azuko Pty Ltd v Old Digger Pty Ltd	[2001] FCA 1079; (2001) 52 IPR 75; [2001] AIPC 91-741	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Aug 2001	AustLII	33
Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd v Arico Trading International Pty Ltd	[2001] HCA 8; (2001) 207 CLR 1; 177 ALR 460; 75 ALJR 518; 50 IPR 513; [2001] AIPC 91-698; (2001) 3 Leg Rep 16	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	15 Feb 2001	AustLII	350
Flexible Steel Lacing Co v Beltreco Ltd	[2000] FCA 890; (2000) 49 IPR 331; [2000] AIPC 37,599	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Jul 2000	AustLII	213
F Hoffman-La Roche AG v New England Biolabs Inc	[2000] FCA 283; (2000) 99 FCR 56; 176 ALR 108; 50 IPR 305; [2000] AIPC 37,398	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Apr 2000	AustLII	323
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v FH Faulding & Co Ltd	[2000] FCA 316; (2000) 97 FCR 524; (2000) 170 ALR 439; (2000) 46 IPR 553; [2000] AIPC 37,298	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Mar 2000	AustLII	305
Genetics Institute Inc v Kirin-Amgen Inc	[1999] FCA 742; (1999) 92 FCR 106; 163 ALR 761; 44 IPR 257; [1999] AIPC 39,577	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	7 Jun 1999	AustLII	161
Advanced Building Systems Pty Ltd v Ramset Fasteners (Aust) Pty Ltd	[1998] HCA 19; (1998) 194 CLR 171; 152 ALR 604; (1998) 40 IPR 243; (1998) 72 ALJR 673; [1998] AIPC 91-401; (1998) 6 Leg Rep 22	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Mar 1998	AustLII	174
Raychem Corporation ’ s Patents	[1997] EWHC 372; [1997] EWHC 372 (Pat); [1998] RPC 31	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	12 Jun 1997	BAILII	87
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
NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken v Mirabella International Pty Ltd	[1995] HCA 15; (1995) 183 CLR 655; (1995) 132 ALR 117; 32 IPR 449; (1995) 70 ALJR 13; [1995] AIPC 91-196; (1995) 19 Leg Rep 8	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1995	AustLII	283
Nicaro Holdings Pty Ltd v Martin Engineering Co	[1990] FCA 40; (1990) 91 ALR 513; 16 IPR 545; [1990] AIPC 90-670	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	19 Feb 1990	AustLII	557
Martin Engineering Co v Trison Holdings Pty Ltd	[1989] FCA 64; (1989) 14 IPR 330; [1989] AIPC 39,215	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Mar 1989	AustLII	40
Coopers Animal Health Australia Ltd v Western Stock Distributors Ltd	(1986) 67 ALR 390; (1986) 6 IPR 545		Australia	circa 1986	LexisNexis AU	53
Populin v HB Nominees Pty Ltd	[1982] FCA 37; 41 ALR 471; (1982) 59 FLR 37	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Mar 1982	AustLII	131
Catnic Components Ltd v Hill & Smith Ltd	[1982] RPC 183; [1981] FSR 60		United Kingdom	circa 1981		557
Olin Corporation v Super Cartridge Co Pty Ltd	[1977] HCA 23; (1977) 180 CLR 236; (1977) 51 ALJR 525; 1A IPR 197; 14 ALR 149	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1977	AustLII	204
Horville Engineering Co Ltd v Clares (Engineering) Ltd	[1976] RPC 411			circa 1976		3
Monsanto Co v Commissioner of Patents	(1974) 48 ALJR 59		Australia	circa 1974		192
Washex Machinery Corporation v Roy Burton & Co Pty Ltd	(1974) 49 ALJR 12		Australia	circa 1974		34
General Tire & Rubber Co v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd	[1972] RPC 457; (1971) 1A IPR 121			circa 1971	LexisNexis AU	1222
AMP Inc v Utilux Pty Ltd	[1972] RPC 103; (1971) 45 ALJR 123		Australia	circa 1971		138
Welch Perrin & Co Pty Ltd v Worrel	[1961] HCA 91; (1961) 106 CLR 588; 35 ALJR 280	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	27 Oct 1961	AustLII	280
National Research Development Corporation v Commissioner of Patents	[1959] HCA 67; (1959) 102 CLR 252; [1960] ALR 114; 1A IPR 63	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	16 Dec 1959	AustLII	382
Samuel Taylor Pty Ltd v SA Brush Co Ltd	[1950] HCA 44; (1950) 83 CLR 617	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	13 Nov 1950	AustLII	20
May & Baker Ltd v Boots Pure Drug Co Ltd	(1948) 65 RPC 255			circa 1948		13
Norton and Gregory Ltd v Jacobs	(1937) 54 RPC 271			circa 1937		38
Shave v HV McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd	[1935] HCA 39; 52 CLR 701; [1935] ALR 284	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	11 Jun 1935	AustLII	29
No-Fume Ltd v Frank Pitchford & Co Ltd	(1935) 52 RPC 231			circa 1935		118
Mullard Radio Valve Co Ltd v Philco Radio & Television Corporation of Great Britain	(1935) 52 RPC 323			circa 1935		2
Hill v Evans	[1862] EngR 365; (1862) 4 De GF & J 288; (1862) 1A IPR 1; 45 ER 1195; (1862) 31 LJCh 457; (1862) 6 LT 90; 31 LJCh 457-466	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1862	CommonLII	182

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