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In October 2024, the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) issued a decision concerning a patent application by Suntory Holdings Limited (Suntory) relating to the enhancement of sweetness in beverages using specific combinations of high-intensity sweeteners and sodium, while maintaining

The New Zealand Court of Appeal has handed down its second appeal decision in the long-running dispute between Sealegs International Limited and Anura Limited (formerly Orion Marine Limited) and

In a comprehensive Federal Court judgment, Justice Perram has ruled that pharmaceutical formulations can constitute a “pharmaceutical substance per se” under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth), dismissing Cipla’s

In a comprehensive Federal Court judgment, Justice Perram has ruled that pharmaceutical formulations can constitute a “pharmaceutical substance per se” under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth), dismissing Cipla’s

The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has dismissed Zoetis Services LLC’s (Zoetis) appeal against Justice Rofe’s two decisions upholding Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA’s (Boehringer) opposition to the grant of three patent applications relating to pig vaccines. We reported on Justice Downes’ two decisions

In a recent development in the ongoing patent dispute between EIS GmbH (EIS) and LELO Oceania Pty LTD and LELOiAB (LELO), Justice Downes of the Federal Court has ruled on the participation of an expert witness

In a recent Federal Court decision, Justice Rofe has dismissed an appeal by Dei Gratia Pty Ltd (Dei Gratia) against the Commissioner of Patents’ (the Commissioner) refusal to grant its patent application…

Justice Burley has handed down a decision in a long-running dispute between Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Otsuka) and Generic Health Pty Ltd (Generic Health), refusing to grant a stay of proceedings pending the delivery of judgment by the High Court in Commonwealth of Australia v Sanofi & Ors (Sanofi).

On 19 September 2024, the Federal Court of Australia delivered judgment ordering Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd (Medtronic) to pay $22 million in penalties following proceedings bought by the Department of Health in August 2021…

On 13 November 2024, Justice Yates of the Federal Court of Australia delivered his decision in the dispute between Novartis AG and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Limited (together, Novartis) and Pharmacor Pty Limited (Pharmacor) regarding patent AU2003206738 entitled “Pharmaceutical compositions comprising valsartan and NEP inhibitors” (the Patent).

Justice Jackman has delivered the latest decision in the long-running dispute between Lundbeck and Sandoz regarding Lundbeck’s Australian Patent AU1989036295 for the “(+)-enantiomer of citalopram and process for the preparation thereof”.

As patent proceedings involve substantial legal expenses, parties typically employ various mechanisms to optimise cost recovery, often by issuing Calderbank letters as well as formal Notices of Offer under the Federal Court Rules, which place the receiving party at risk of indemnity costs orders should the other party receive a more favourable judgment than the terms proposed in the offer.

Delegate Wagg of the Australian Patent Office has ruled in favour of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. and The General Hospital Corporation (the Applicants) in “straw person” opposition proceedings brought by QIP Nominees Pty Ltd (QIP), a company within the QANTM intellectual property group.