Catchwords:

PATENTS – alleged infringement by supply of products – s 117 of the Patents Act 1990 (Cth) – staple commercial product – whether essential oil derived from the shrub Kunzea ambigua was a staple commercial product – where the primary judge found that the oil was a staple commercial product – whether the primary judge erred in so finding – held: no error in primary judge’s conclusion

PATENTS – inventive step – method of treatment claims – where primary judge found that the claims did not lack an inventive step – whether the primary judge erred in so finding – held: no error in primary judge’s conclusion

CONSUMER LAW – misleading or deceptive conduct – where the respondent’s website conveyed that the goods offered for sale were registered or listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods – where the website was not owned or maintained by the respondent – whether the primary judge erred in concluding that the respondent had engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct – held: primary judge erred

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – costs – where the primary judge ordered each respondent to pay a fixed portion of the applicant’s costs of the cross-claims – whether the primary judge erred in making such a costs order – held: no error in primary judge’s costs order