Frequently cited patent cases

When making hearing submissions, the Commissioner does not require copies of the following cases:

• Saxpack Foods Limited v J Wattie Canneries Limited, unreported, No M454/85, 11 July 1998
• The General Tire & Rubber Co v The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd [1972] RPC 457
• NZPO Practice Note, published in Patent Office Journal No.1287, July 1986
• Beecham Group Ltd v Bristol Myers Co (No 2) [1980] 1 NZLR 192
• Windsurfing International Inc. v Tabur Marine (Great Britain) Ltd [1985] RPC 59
• Smale v North Sails Ltd [1991] 3 NZLR 19
• Noton New Zealand Ltd v Allistair Bevin Ltd (1979) 1 NZIPR 236
• International Business Machines Corp’s Application [1970] RPC 533
• NZPO Practice Note, published in Patent Office Journal No.1367, 28 April 1993
• National Research Development Corp v Commissioner of Patents (1959) CLR 252
• R v Patents Appeal Tribunal (ex parte Swift & Co.) [1962] RPC 37
• Ancare New Zealand Ltd v Cyanamid of NZ Ltd [2000] 3 NZLR 299
• Mond Nickel Coy. Ld.’s Application [1956] RPC 189

In addition, any IPONZ decisions that are available on NZLII do not need to be supplied with the hearing submissions.