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When the stakes are high, companies need the best strategic advice and a highly capable team who can build on work done in other jurisdictions, not reinvent the wheel, look for clever ways of reducing the burden of litigation through novel approaches to discovery and case management, and focus on the real-issues, not point-scoring. This is what is required as the Courts look towards more efficient resolution of patent disputes through interventionist case management. This is the Corrs approach – backed up by in-house expertise from chemistry to computer science.
Our Experience
GE
When Siemens brought one of its international disputes with GE concerning water filtration patents to Australia, GE turned to Corrs to assist in a series of related patent oppositions.
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Lundbeck
When two leading Australian generic drug manufacturers challenged the patent for the antidepressant, Lexapro, the landmark Australian case raised questions about the novelty and inventive step of enantiomers (mirror forms of a molecule), exclusive use of regulatory data and patent term extensions.
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Do you have the tactical and strategic edge in litigation?
From time to time you will be faced with a step which is unusual and not generally taken by lawyers. But if followed in the appropriate way it can save the client considerable time and money.
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Australia is an exceptional place in which to do business. Find out how we can help you develop your business in Australia.
DownloadVictory to Samsung in tablet device patent dispute with Apple
The Australian Full Court has overturned the decision of the Federal Court and held that Samsung should not be prevented from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia pending a full hearing of its patent infringement dispute with Apple.
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Australia should lead in counterfeit crackdown
The new Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is the latest international effort aimed at combating the more than US$200 billion dollar global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods
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Reforms to Australia’s patent laws are included in the Raising the Bar Bill recently introduced into Federal Parliament. If implemented, the reforms will be significant.
MoreOur Experience
GE
When Siemens brought one of its international disputes with GE concerning water filtration patents to Australia, GE turned to Corrs to assist in a series of related patent oppositions.
The tactics led to GE beating Siemens’ opposition first in the Patents Office and then in subsequent Federal Court appeals, in order to secure a granted patent.
Corrs is now asserting GE’s patent through infringement proceedings against Siemens whilst Siemens’ unsuccessful oppositions to other patent applications are dealt with through the appeals process.
Lundbeck
When two leading Australian generic drug manufacturers challenged the patent for the antidepressant, Lexapro, the landmark Australian case raised questions about the novelty and inventive step of enantiomers (mirror forms of a molecule), exclusive use of regulatory data and patent term extensions.
Corrs’ representation of the patent owner, Lundbeck, required close collaboration with the in-house counsel of the Danish research company, US and British lawyers to co-ordinate strategy and the use of expert witnesses in more than one jurisdiction to secure the only case in which the novelty and inventive step in isolating a single enantiomer has been upheld by Australian Courts.
Our Thinking
Doing Business In Australia
Australia is an exceptional place in which to do business. Find out how we can help you develop your business in Australia.
Victory to Samsung in tablet device patent dispute with Apple
The Australian Full Court has overturned the decision of the Federal Court and held that Samsung should not be prevented from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia pending a full hearing of its patent infringement dispute with Apple.
Australia should lead in counterfeit crackdown
The new Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is the latest international effort aimed at combating the more than US$200 billion dollar global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods
Corrs In Brief: Patent Law Reform Update (Raising the Bar Bill)
Reforms to Australia’s patent laws are included in the Raising the Bar Bill recently introduced into Federal Parliament. If implemented, the reforms will be significant.
Do you have the tactical and strategic edge in litigation?
From time to time you will be faced with a step which is unusual and not generally taken by lawyers. But if followed in the appropriate way it can save the client considerable time and money.
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Matthew Swinn
Partner Melbourne +61 3 9672 3155
Odette Gourley
Partner Sydney +61 2 9210 6066