The Grain Pool of Wa v Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGaudron,Gleeson CJ,McHugh,Gummow,Hayne,Callinan JJ
Judgment Date23 March 2000
Neutral Citation2000-0323 HCA E,[2000] HCA 14
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberP34/1998
Date23 March 2000
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    ...USA) v General Electric Co Ltd [1972] 1 WLR 729; [1972] 2 All ER 507, HL(E) Grain Pool of Western Australia v Commonwealth of Australia [2000] HCA 14, High Court of Lyle v Kinahan's Application, In re (1907) 24 RPC 249, CA Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd v CDL Hotels International Ltd [1988] FSR 839......
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    ...1576 at 1597–1598 [96]–[99]; 166 ALR 545 at 574–576; Grain Pool of Western Australia v The Commonwealth (2000) 74 ALJR 648 at 665 [90]; 170 ALR 111 at 133–134; Kirby, ‘Constitutional Interpretation and Original Intent: A Form of Ancestor Worship?’, (2000) 24 Melbourne University Law Review......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for plants in Australia
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 Febrero 2015
    ...there is "no intrinsic impediment to the patentability of plant varieties" (Grain Pool of Western Australia v Commonwealth of Australia (2000) 202 CLR 479). Plants are also eligible for patent protection in the US, although this may change following a recent decision by the US Supreme Court......
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    ...then the sexually reproduced plants can still be found to infringe a plant patent. [3] Grain Pool of WA v Commonwealth of Australia [2000] HCA 14, Margaux NairMichael Christie, Ph.D....
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    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 44-2, June 2016
    • 1 Junio 2016
    ...272, 294, 213, 251, 373; Re Dingjan; Ex parte Wagner (1995) 183 CLR 323, 369 (McHugh J); Grain Pool of Western Australia v Commonwealth (2000) 202 CLR 479, 492 (where it was said that this principle was ‘well-settled’). 77 Fisher v Fisher (1986) 1 61 CLR 438. Cf R v Lambert; Ex parte Plumme......
  • The (limited) significance of the individual in section 117 state residence discrimination.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 32 No. 2, August 2008
    • 1 Agosto 2008
    ...Prescient? (1997). (129) See, eg, Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally (1999) 198 CLR 511, 600; Grain Pool of Western Australia v Commonwealth (2000) 202 CLR 479, 522-5; Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82, 132-3; Kirby, above n (130) See, eg, Pierce, above n 6. (131) This is ......
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    ...Craven, above n 2, 16–17.14 See, eg, R v Brislan; Ex parte Williams (1935) 54 CLR 262; Grain Pool of Western Australia vCommonwealth (2000) 202 CLR 479; and see, generally, Leslie Zines, The High Court and theConstitution (4th ed, 1997) 17–22.15 (1971) 122 CLR 353.16 Ibid 396.17 Cf Geoffrey......
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    • Federal Law Review No. 35-2, June 2007
    • 1 Junio 2007
    ...CLR 134 ('Nintendo Case') and upheld its power to do so with respect to the second in Grain Pool of Western Australia v Commonwealth (2000) 202 CLR 479 ('Grain Pool'). 240 Federal Law Review Volume 35 ____________________________________________________________________________________ This ......
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