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German chemical company wins patent battle over mining technology
German-headquartered chemicals company BASF has succeeded in “the latest round of its long-running patent dispute” with competitor SNF.
Jerome Doraisamy
Source: Wikipedia
Firm: Gilbert + Tobin (BASF)
“In a very comprehensive judgment, running to almost 400 pages, Justice Jonathan Beach dismissed all of SNF’s grounds of opposition to the patents. In his closing remarks, Justice Beach also called for a review of the patent opposition process,” G+T said in a statement.
“The patent litigation matter had been ongoing for over a decade. BASF and SNF have been involved in numerous other disputes over related patents.”
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Area: Patent litigation
Key players: The G+T team was led by patent litigation partner John Lee, who was assisted by lawyers Vanessa Farago-Diener and Irini Lantis.
Deal significance: Mr Lee said: “Rheomax™ was developed in Australia by specialists working to enhance the environmental outcomes and efficiencies for the treatment of mine tailings and BASF has vigorously defended its IP in respect of this important technology.”
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly. A former lawyer, he has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. He is also the host of all five shows under The Lawyers Weekly Podcast Network, and has overseen the brand's audio medium growth from 4,000 downloads per month to over 60,000 downloads per month, making The Lawyers Weekly Show the most popular industry-specific podcast in Australia. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of Minds Count.
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