It’s raining injunctions: Novartis granted injunctions against four other generic makers over Galvus.

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It seems like Novartis is jealously safeguarding anti-diabetic drug Galvus against competition. In an interesting turn of events Novartis filed quia timet suits against against four other pharmaceutical generics: Glenmark generics, Bajaj healthcare, Cadila healthcare and Alembic pharmaceuticals over alleged patent infringement of Galvus (Vildagliptin). In the Bajaj healthcare case and Alembic pharmaceutical case the court  granted ex-parte ad-interim injunctions and observed that that plaintiff (Novartis) has made out a strong prima facie case for grant of ad-interim injunction. The balance […]

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Natco files pre-grant opposition to Gilead’s Sovaldi

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In a move to block Gilead’s patent on Sovaldi in India, Natco has filed a pre-grant opposition to its pending application. Reuters reports that the opposition has been made on the ground that the drug is not “inventive”. Fairy tales have taught us that all magic comes at a price. Little do we realize that this lesson can apply in the real world! Sovaldi, hailed a ‘wonder drug’ with a purported cure rate of 90% for Hepatitis C and a short duration

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GIIP PG Diploma Course in IPR and Patent Management

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The wide variety of career opportunities in IP goes far beyond being a lawyer or corporate IP counsel. IP professionals include patent agents, technical specialists, licensing executives, consultants, and IP experts in business, science, education and international development environments. Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP) was founded with the goal of graduating well-educated engineering, technical and science graduates who have solid, practice-based skills, developed through rigorous classroom experiences, coupled with robust clinics and industry internship opportunities. Our goal is to

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (21st-27th April, 2014)

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The SpicyIP Story of the Week is Swaraj’s post commemorating World IP Day, titled ‘Movies and IP: Taking a Look on World IP Day’, where he discusses the relationship between IP and the world of movies. The week began with Thomas reporting on the dispute between GoDaddy, the global domain name registrar and the National Stock Exchange. It has been alleged by the NSE that Manshi Systems, a technology firm was providing access to the information in NSE’s databases, and

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Movies and IP: Taking a look on World IP Day

/ By / Copyright, Patent

As many of our readers may already know, April 26th is celebrated as World IP Day, a day first marked 14 years ago by WIPO ‘in order to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in encouraging innovation and creativity.’ In celebration of a 100 years of cinema this year, WIPO has themed this World IP Day around “Movies: A Global Passion”. I should admit that I’m unsure of how 2014 brings a 100 years of cinema, as, in

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Bombay HC asks the Patent Office to Set the Record Straight

/ By / Patent

Teijin Limited v. Union of India The text of the judgment can be found here. The Bombay High Court has, in February, ordered the Patent Office to correct its record regarding the (non)payment of annuities and the corresponding lapse of the patent of the petitioners. The court observed that there was a “communication gap” between the petitioners and the Patent Office and it ordered the patent of the petitioners to be restored. Facts of the dispute: The facts of the

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Mylan’s review petition before the Indian Patent office dismissed

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Recently, a review petition filed by Mylan Laboratories in relation to a patent granted to Yeda Research Development was dismissed by the Indian Patent Office. The Controller held: 1. Mylan has no locus standi, 2. The petition was delayed by 10 year and 3. The matter was sub judice before the Delhi HC. The main contention related to whether the IPO wrongly applied the 2002 amendment instead of the 1970 provisions to Yeda’s patent application thereby erroneously granting it a

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India: To be declared as the worst IPR offender by the US?

/ By / Drug Regulation, Patent

India’s IP practices have hardly been agreeable to the US. Despite the differences, there exists a flourishing pharmaceuticals trade between the two countries. However, reports indicate that the relationship has nosedived this time round. Presently, the US Trade Representative (USTR) is reviewing our IP regime, which is scheduled to be released in the following week (USTR Special 301 report). An unfavourable review will lead to downgrading India’s status to ‘Priority Foreign Country’, which may prompt the US to impose sanctions on Indo-US

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SPICY IP TIDBIT: Row over ‘ISEED’ mark

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According to Business Standard report, a Gurgaon court issued an interim order restraining a management institute from using its name and acronym ‘ISEED’ noting that it is deceptively similar to the name of another business school, ‘iSEED’. The petitioner, while contending prior use, drew attention to the pending application for the registration of the trademark ‘iSEED’. As it is an interim order, the Court wouldn’t have dealt with the merits of the case. In this context, I would like to

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IGIR-IEEM Macao ‘Intellectual Property Knowledge Management’ Event (12th-21st May, 2014)

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The Institute of European Studies of Macao (IEEM) and Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) have announced the 2014 edition of their annual event on Intellectual Property Law and Knowledge Management. The programme will be held in Hong Kong and Macau. This year’s programme comprises three activities: The Intellectual Property Law School (Monday 12 to Friday 16 May 2014, Macau Cultural Center)– Starting from the basics of the Paris and Berne conventions, the course covers the development of Intellectual

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