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Pfizer loses patent infringement case against Actavis in UK
Written By: Harun Shaikh Before going to the long run patent infringement case, let’s understand first, what is second medical use claims and what is skinny labels in the pharmaceutical area. A different field of use of a known molecule can be subject to Patent Protection, this type of patent is called a second medical […]
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The Cause and Effect of Patent Trolling
Written By: Shilpa Chaudhury The main idea behind granting Patent Protection is safeguarding the labor invested by someone in coming up with a new invention. The protection provides a monopoly to the applicant and also encourages others to come up with new inventions. Patent Protection is beneficial for business entities as they commercialize the patents […]
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AstraZeneca and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories are back with a Patent Suit
Written by: Stuti Raibagkar It seems that these two companies are not tired of filing lawsuits against each other. After a huge battle over colour of Nexium generic (a drug used to deal with heartburns and gastric ulcers), the companies are back again with one more patent suit. But this time it looks like Dr. […]
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Dr. Reddy and Eli Lilly- a Patent Tussle over Alimta
Written By: Stuti Raibagkar An Indian multinational pharmaceutical company- Dr. Reddy’s Lab (DRL) has lost a legal battle with Eli Lilly and Company- a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The battle is revolving around Alimta (pemetrexed for injection), a drug used for treatment of various types of cancer, in USA. A U.S. court […]
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Ten Million Patents: – Milestone in USPTO
Written By: Shilpa Chaudhury A system which started with the aim to “Promote and Progress Science and useful Arts”, gained a whole new level of achievement, when on 19th June, United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), issued Patent number ten million. This patent is issued for “Coherent Ladar Using Intra-Pixel Quadrature Detection” to Raytheon Company. […]
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Nuziveedu wins BT Cotton Patent Tussle
Written by Rutuparna Acharya The long battle between Monsanto Co. and Nuziveedu, an Indian Seed Company has come to an end. It was the case of patentability on BT Cotton Seed Varity of Monsanto. Monsanto, an US based Agricultural Company, had secured patent in India over BT Cotton Seed Varieties, Bollgard and Bollgard II in […]
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