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A Goninan & Co Ltd v Commissioner of Patents & Anor

[1997] FCA 424

Federal Court of Australia · 23 May 1997 · Official judgment

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  1. Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (1936) 42 ALR 131 Cited
  2. Commissioner of Patents v Microcell Ltd [1959] HCA 71 Cited cited 66×
  3. Kaiser Aluminium & Chemical Corporation v Reynolds Metal Co [1969] HCA 7 Cited cited 34×
  4. Queensland v J L Holdings Pty Ltd (1977) 141 ALR 353 Cited
  5. Nielsen v Smith (Commissioner of Patents) (1980) 33 ALR 144 Cited cited 2×
  6. Turner v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1981] FCA 65 Cited cited 54×
  7. Tabag v Minister for Immigration (1982) 70 FLR 61 Cited cited 6×
  8. Howells v Nagrad Nominees Pty Ltd [1982] FCA 177 Cited cited 12×
  9. Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81 Cited cited 1,205×
  10. Chumbairux v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1986) 74 ALR 480 Cited cited 15×
  11. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40 Cited cited 2,191×
  12. Hindi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1988] FCA 549 Cited cited 37×
  13. Attorney-General (NSW) v Quin [1990] HCA 21 Cited cited 736×
  14. (1991) 33 FCR 480 Applied or followed
  15. Surinakova v Minister for Immigration Local Government (1991) 33 FCR 87 Applied or followed cited 38×
  16. Merck & Co Inc v Sankyo Co Ltd (1992) 23 IPR 415 Cited cited 15×
  17. (1993) 33 FCR 480 Cited
  18. (1993) 34 ALD 169 Cited cited 11×
  19. Collector of Customs v Pozzolanic Enterprises Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 456 Applied or followed cited 845×
  20. Ferocem Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents (1994) 49 FCR 205 Cited cited 3×
  21. Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Minister for v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6 Applied or followed cited 2,712×
  22. Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] HCA 1 Cited cited 613×
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