Rose Holdings Pty Ltd v Carlton Shuttlecocks Ltd [1957] HCA 48; (1957) 98 CLR 444 (5 July 1957)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ROSE HOLDINGS PTY. LTD. v. CARLTON SHUTTLECOCKS LTD. [1957] HCA 48; (1957) 98 CLR 444

Patents

High Court of Australia
Williams J.(1)

CATCHWORDS

Patents - Revocation - Specification - Requirement of full description of invention - Meaning - Novelty - Prior paper publication - Each publication to be considered separately - Patents Act 1952-1955 (No. 42 of 1952 - No. 3 of 1955), ss. 40, 100 (1) (c), (e), (g).

HEARING

Melbourne, 1957, June 3, 4, 5, 6;
Sydney, 1957, July 5. 5:7:1957

DECISION

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