Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAKIEFEL CJ,GAGELER, KEANE, GORDON, EDELMAN AND STEWARD JJARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD  APPELLANTANDCOMMISSIONER OF PATENTS  RESPONDENTAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Patents[2022] HCA 29Date of Hearing: 9 & 10 June 2022Date of Judgment: 17 August 2022S40/2022ORDERAppeal dismissed with costs.On appeal from the Federal Court of Australia RepresentationD Shavin QC and C L Cochrane SC with P J T Creighton-Selvay and W H Wu for the appellant (instructed by Gilbert + Tobin)C Dimitriadis SC with E E Whitby for the respondent (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor)F C St John with N L Gollan for the Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia, appearing as amicus curiae (instructed by Mills Oakley)Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Intellectuelle appearing as amicus curiae, limited to written submissionsNotice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSAristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of PatentsPatents – Invention – Manner of manufacture – Where appellant manufactured electronic gaming machines ("EGMs") – Where appellant owned four innovation patents concerning various embodiments of EGM – Where specification described claimed invention as combination of player interface, being physical features of EGM, and game controller, being computerised components interacting with player interface to implement base game and feature game – Where player interface and game controller part of common general knowledge – Where delegate of respondent revoked innovation patents on ground that claim in each not "manner of manufacture" within meaning...