HPM Industries Pty Ltd v Gerard Industries Ltd [1957] HCA 47; (1957) 98 CLR 424 (5 July 1957)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

H.P.M. INDUSTRIES PTY. LTD. v. GERARD INDUSTRIES LTD. [1957] HCA 47; (1957) 98 CLR 424

Patent

High Court of Australia
Williams J.(1)

CATCHWORDS

Patent - Suit for infringement - Counterclaim for revocation - Validity - Inventiveness - Novelty - Subject matter - Obviousness - Public general knowledge - Common general knowledge - Mosaic of prior publications - Patents Act 1952- 1954, ss. 100-105, 113.

HEARING

Sydney, 1957, June 11, 12; July 5. 5:7:1957

DECISION

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