AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[2014] FCAFC 99
Year2014
Date2014
CourtFull Federal Court (Australia)

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29 cases
  • InterPharma Pty Ltd v Hospira, Inc (No 5)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 20 June 2019
    ...96 IPR 185; 204 FCR 494 Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis Australia Pty Ltd [2013] HCA 50; 253 CLR 284 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99; 107 IPR 177; 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30; 257 CLR 356 Austal Ships Sales Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag [200......
  • Axent Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Axent Global v Compusign Australia Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 25 September 2020
    ...2) [2016] FCA 1238; 122 IPR 17 Aspirating IP Limited v Vision Systems Limited [2010] FCA 1061; 88 IPR 52 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99; 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30; 257 CLR 356 Atlantis Corp Pty Ltd v Schindler (1997) 39 IPR 29 Austal Ships Sa......
  • Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc v Elanco New Zealand
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 25 November 2021
    ...1 All ER 673; [1962] RPC 55 Aspirating IP Ltd v Vision Systems Ltd [2010] FCA 1061; (2010) 88 IPR 52 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99; (2014) 226 FCR 324 Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23; (1939) 62 CLR 464 British Acoustic Films Ltd v Nettlefold Productions Ltd (1935) 53 RPC 221 ......
  • Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Wyeth LLC (No 3)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 14 October 2020
    ...v Bintang Ltd [1989] FCA 428; 15 IPR 686 Apotex Pty Ltd v Sanofi-Aventis [2009] FCAFC 134; 82 IPR 416 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99; 226 FCR 324 AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 30; 257 CLR 356 Austal Ships Pty Ltd v Stena Rederi Aktiebolag [2005] FCA 805; 66 IPR......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Generics win the battle for CRESTOR, but lose the war over inventive step
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 August 2014
    ...of those provisions. An enlarged Full Federal Court (Besanko, Jessup, Foster, Nicholas and Yates JJ) in AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99 has upheld a decision by Justice Jagot finding that two AstraZeneca patents protecting the blockbuster product CRESTOR (rosuvastatin) were ......
  • Cholesterol: It's All About The Numbers, Even The Patents
    • Malaysia
    • Mondaq Malaysia
    • 15 February 2016
    ...patent applications or registrations has been attacked by various generic pharmaceutical companies. In AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99, a five-member panel sitting in the Federal Court of Australia held that the Australian Patent No. 769897 (the equivalent of Patent 382) was......
  • High Court upholds earlier decision that AstraZeneca's cholesterol-lowering patent is obvious
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 September 2015
    ...inventive step under the Patents Act 1990 remains as stated by the Full Federal Court in this case (AstraZeneca AB v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 99): the inventive step must be assessed by reference to the common general knowledge of the person skilled in the art, whether alone or taken tog......