Swift & Company v Commissioner of Patents

JurisdictionNew Zealand
Date1960
CourtUnspecified Court (New Zealand)
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2 cases
  • The Grain Pool of Wa v Commonwealth
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 23 Marzo 2000
    ...This case was followed in R v Patents Appeal Tribunal Ex parte Swift & Co [1962] 2 QB 647 and in Swift & Co v Commissioner of Patents [1960] NZLR 775. 66 (1959) 102 CLR 252 at 67 See, as to the United Kingdom, the similar outcome in American Cyanamid Company (Dann's) Patent [1971] RPC 425 a......
  • Tennessee Eastman Co. et al. v. Commissioner of Patents, [1974] SCR 111
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • 22 Diciembre 1972
    ...Fox Pat. C. 153, 51 C.P.R. 102, [1967] 1 Ex. C.R. 57. [4] [1959] S.C.R. 219, 30 C.P.R. 59, 17 D.L.R. (2d) 153. [5] [1962] R.P.C. 37. [6] [1961]R.P.C. 147. [7] [1961] R.P.C. [8] [1955] S.C.R. 414, 15 Fox Pat. C. 99, 23 C.P.R. 1. [9] [1971] R.P.C. 337. [10] (1954), 103 U.S. P.Q. 107. [11] (18......
1 books & journal articles
  • 'Storyline patents': are plots patentable?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 33 No. 1, April 2009
    • 1 Abril 2009
    ...Heerey JJ). The decision has also been accepted as good law and followed in New Zealand: see Swift & Co v Commissioner of Patents [1960] NZLR 775 ('Swift'). The Australian and New Zealand decisions have also been considered in the United Kingdom: United Kingdom, The British Patent Syste......

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