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Teva held responsible for Induced Infringement of Eli Lilly’s Blockbuster drug ALITMA

24th February, 2017 - 1:41 pm Categories: India IP Litigation News & Updates patent infringement Patents

In Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.; APP Pharmaceuticals LLC; Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; and Barr Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as Defendants/Appellants/Teva) Vs. Eli Lilly & Co. (hereinafter referred to as Plaintiff/Appelle/Eli Lilly) decided by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on January 12, 2017, Plaintiff had filed … Continue reading Teva held responsible for Induced Infringement of Eli Lilly’s Blockbuster drug ALITMA

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News Snippet: Novartis sues Cipla for infringement of patents covering “Onbrez”

22nd December, 2014 - 6:27 am Categories: India IP Litigation IP Practice in India News & Updates patent infringement Patents pharma

In a latest update, Novartis has sued Cipla for infringing its patents on “Onbrez” (Indacaterol) after Cipla lunched its generic version for Indacaterol in October claiming “urgent unmet need” for the drug in India. Earlier, as we have reported here, Cipla approached Govt. of India to exercise its statutory powers to revoke the five patents … Continue reading News Snippet: Novartis sues Cipla for infringement of patents covering “Onbrez”

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Practice of Patent Asserting Entities: Boon or Bane: Global Innovations

20th October, 2014 - 8:55 am Categories: patent infringement Patent Litigation Patents

Introduction Patent troll relates to a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in an opportunistic and unduly aggressive manner, often with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention. Various terms such as patent trolls, patent monetization companies, or patent assertion entities are used for such entities; … Continue reading Practice of Patent Asserting Entities: Boon or Bane: Global Innovations

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Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

23rd December, 2013 - 11:35 am Categories: Patent Litigation Patents

Gopikrishnan M, an intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at Google Inc. been accused of infringing technology related to its searching technology itself. Yet another high-tech and high-profile patent war is on, this one involving a combined attack on the search giant’s core technology. Google is being sued for direct patent infringement … Continue reading Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

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An insight on the legal implications of BYOD

27th April, 2013 - 5:12 am Categories: IP Litigation

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a scheme wherein employees are allowed to bring their own devices like mobiles, laptops, tabs and utilize them in the workplace for work purposes. Some employers themselves fund the software to their employees, meanwhile some prefer to simply grant permission for their employees to bring their technology at their … Continue reading An insight on the legal implications of BYOD

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Generic v. Branded patent battles in India foray into life management diseases too

18th April, 2013 - 6:03 am Categories: IP Practice in India Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigations

Patent wars in India between the foreign innovator companies and the Indian generics now seem to be spreading over life-management diseases segment. Till now the patent infringement cases have revolved and are still revolving over drugs for life-threatening diseases such as HIV, cancer where the public interest has played an important factor in the adjudication … Continue reading Generic v. Branded patent battles in India foray into life management diseases too

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Analysis of the case- Carlsberg India Pvt. Ltd vs Radico Khaitan Ltd. on 20 December, 2011

26th December, 2012 - 9:37 am Categories: Trademark Litigation

Mrinal Gour, an intern at Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys, analyses the case, Carlsberg India Pvt. Ltd vs Radico Khaitan Ltd. This was a landmark judgment with respect to registering a numeral as a trademark. Sections involved: Section 29 of Trademark Act, 1999 which talks about infringement of registered trademarks. It states the … Continue reading Analysis of the case- Carlsberg India Pvt. Ltd vs Radico Khaitan Ltd. on 20 December, 2011

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Roche v Cipla: Part 2: Infringement

14th November, 2012 - 5:11 am Categories: IP Practice in India Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigations

In continuation of the last piece over here, let’s now discuss the actual issue of infringement of IN ‘774 patent by Cipla crisply. My apologies for a long delay in writing this piece due to long travelling schedule and back-to-back heavy projects thereafter. Nevertheless, it is better to be late than never. Here it goes. … Continue reading Roche v Cipla: Part 2: Infringement

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Roche v Cipla: Part 1: Validity of Patent

26th September, 2012 - 7:53 am Categories: IP Litigation IP Practice in India News & Updates Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigations

In continuation of our previous post here, and following the availability of the 275 page judgement, we would discuss herein the various facets of the case and discuss one by one. This case actually involved two main issues as follows, Issue I. Whether Roche’s Indian Patent 196774 is invalid (liable to be revoked under S. … Continue reading Roche v Cipla: Part 1: Validity of Patent

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The Billion Dollar Game: Samsung and Apple fight it out

28th August, 2012 - 9:21 am Categories: Patent Litigation

24’th Aug 2012 was another milestone date indicating the value that IP can (of course in geographies which have respect and appreciation for IP!!!) hold and govern for a corporate. More than the award, it’s the injunction and respect for IP that matters and boosts the confidence of Corporates that have innovation as a core … Continue reading The Billion Dollar Game: Samsung and Apple fight it out

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