Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson CorporationCitation:[2020] HCA 41Before:Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:12 Nov 2020Case Number:S329/2019Read more

Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson CorporationCitation:[2020] HCA 41Before:Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJDate:12 Nov 2020Case Number:S329/2019Read more

The court determined whether the modifications to the cartridges amounted to 'making' a new product and considered the applicability of the exhaustion and implied licence doctrines in the context of patent rights.

Parties
Applicant: Unknown Patentee; Respondent: Unknown Third Party Importer/Modifier
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
12 November 2020
Procedural Posture
Civil / Judgment
Outcome
judgment delivered
Legal Topics
Patent Infringement, Exhaustion Doctrine, Implied Licence Doctrine, Modification of Patented Products
Intellectual Property Patents Patent Infringement Exhaustion Doctrine Implied Licence Doctrine Modification of Patented Products

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Parties

Unknown Patentee

Applicant

Unknown Third Party Importer/Modifier

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether modifications to printer ink cartridges constituted impermissible 'making' of a new product under patent law
  2. 2 Whether the exhaustion doctrine should be accepted in relation to patented products
  3. 3 Whether the implied licence doctrine should continue to be applied

Ratio Decidendi

The court determined whether the modifications to the cartridges amounted to 'making' a new product and considered the applicability of the exhaustion and implied licence doctrines in the context of patent rights.

Court Disposition

judgment delivered