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Frequently cited patent cases

When making hearing submissions, the Commissioner does not require copies of the following cases:

  1. Ancare New Zealand Ltd v Cyanamid of NZ Ltd [2000] 3 NZLR 299
  2. Amadeus Global Travel Distribution SA v Sabre Inc HC Wellington AP126/02, 14 March 2003
  3. Balance Agri-Nutrients Ltd v Ravensdown Fertiliser Co Op et al – unreported HC Auckland CIV-2009-404-002171 4 March 2011
  4. Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Myers Co (No 2) [1980] 1 NZLR 192
  5. Carter Holt Harvey v Weyerhausen Co. HC Auckland, 31/03/2010, CIV-2009-485-000244
  6. Ex Parte Swift [1962] RPC 37
  7. Fawcett v Homan [1896] RPC 398 (CA)
  8. Hammar Maskin AB v Steelbro New Zealand Ltd HC Christchurch CIV-2006-409-977
  9. Imperial Chemical Industries Plc v Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc (1994) 29 IPR 285
  10. International Business Machines Corp’s Application [1970] RPC 533
  11. Merck & Co Inc v Arrow Pharmaceuticals Ltd HC Wellington CIV-2006-485-817 29/9/06
  12. Mond Nickel Coy. Ld.’s Application [1956] RPC 189
  13. National Research Development Corp v Commissioner of Patents (1959) CLR 252
  14. Noton New Zealand Ltd v Alister Bevin Ltd (1979) 1 NZIPR 236
  15. NZPO Practice Note, published in Patent Office Journal No.1287, July 1986
  16. NZPO Practice Note, published in Patent Office Journal No.1367, 28 April 1993
  17. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation and Others v Biorex Laboratories Limited and Another [1970] 7 RPC 157
  18. Peterson Portable Saving Systems Ltd v Lucas [2006] NZSC 20
  19. Permutit Co Ltd's Application [1964] RPC 22
  20. Pharmaceutical Management Party Limited v Commissioner of Patents [2000] 2 NZLR 529
  21. Pozzoli SPA v BDMO SA [2007] FSR 37
  22. Rainbow Technologies Inc v Logical Networks Ltd [2003] 3 NZLR 553
  23. Royal NZ Yacht Squadron v Daks Simpson Group [2001] NZAR 187
  24. Saxpack Foods Limited v J Wattie Canneries Limited, unreported, No M454/85, 11 July 1998
  25. Sealed Air NZ v Machinery Developments Limited HC Wellington CIV-2003-485-2274
  26. Smale v North Sails Ltd [1991] 3 NZLR 19
  27. Synthon BV v Smithkline Beecham PLC [2005] UKHL 59
  28. The General Tire & Rubber Co v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd [1972] RPC 457
  29. The Scotch Whisky Association v The Mill Liquor Save Limited [2012] NZHC 3205
  30. Timtech Chemicals Limited v Osmose New Zealand Limited [2011] NZHC 485
  31. Windsurfing International Inc. v Tabur Marine (Great Britain) Ltd [1985] RPC 59

In addition, any IPONZ decisions that are available on NZLII do not need to be supplied with the hearing submissions.

Archived case lists

This section contains the previous lists of frequently cited patent cases that have been superseded.

Frequently cited patent cases – 9 December 2016 [PDF 77 KB] [PDF, 75 KB]

 

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