novelty Archives - King & Wood Mallesons Pulse

CPC v Apple: Appeal in funded patent litigation

5 March 2026

By Suzy Madar, Tim Craven, Christine Porter

CPC Patents Technologies’ (CPC) appeal of the Federal Court’s decision in CPC Patent Technologies Pty Ltd v Apple Pty Limited [2025] FCA 489 was heard in the Federal Court earlier this week.

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Federal Court grants urgent interlocutory injunction in dapagliflozin dispute

24 February 2026

By Kate Hay, Suzy Madar, Jacob Flynn, Lily McCubbin

On 16 February 2026, the Federal Court of Australia granted an urgent interlocutory injunction restraining Pharmacor from launching and listing generic dapagliflozin products on the PBS.

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Full Court warns against dangerous affliction of parameteritis (and confirms invalidity of aripiprazole patent)

26 August 2016

By Suzy Madar

On Wednesday the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down a decision in which it upheld Justice Yates’ findings that Otsuka’s patent relating to aripiprazole, a drug used in the treatment of schizophrenia, is invalid for want of novelty and inventive step.

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Blindsided on prior use

24 March 2015

By Suzy Madar

A recent decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court reaffirms that not every prior use of an invention will be novelty defeating (see Damorgold Pty Ltd v JAI Products Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 31).

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