Landmark Judgements on Patents

Judicial decisions interpreting the Patent Act ,1970 including landmark rulings

Agriboard International LLC v. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi  Decided: 31 March 2022 C.A. (COMM.IPD-PAT) 4/2022 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh Background Agriboard International LLC is a company incorporated in the United States engaged in the development of methods and apparatus for the manufacture of compressed structural fiberboard from agricultural fibrous matter, particularly rice straw. On March 14, […]

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Novartis Ag & Anr. v. Natco Pharma Limited

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Case Number: CS(COMM) 229/2019 & I.A. 10756/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mini Pushkarna BACKGROUND The plaintiffs in the present matter are Novartis AG and another. The defendant is Natco Pharma Limited. The underlying suit, CS(COMM) 229/2019, was filed by the plaintiffs seeking a permanent injunction restraining infringement of Indian Patent No. 276026 (referred to as

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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Competition Commission of India & Another

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 30 March 2016 W.P.(C) No. 464/2014 & W.P.(C) No. 1006/2014 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru Background Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), a company incorporated under the laws of Sweden and one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, filed two writ petitions challenging orders passed by the

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Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. & Ors. v. Natcopharma Limited

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High Court of Delhi | 28 February 2014 CS (OS) 3193 of 2012 & CC No. 49 of 2013, IA Nos. 10389-90 of 2013, 10638 of 2013, 20025 of 2013, 18788 of 2013 Hon’ble Mr. Justice S. Muralidhar BACKGROUND The plaintiffs in the present matter are Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (“Teva”), Yeda Research and Development

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Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. v. Rajesh Bansal & Ors.

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Delhi High Court | Mukta Gupta J. | 12 July 2018 Case Numbers: CS(COMM) 24/2016; CS(COMM) 436/2017 Justice Mukta Gupta BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., a Netherlands-incorporated multinational corporation, instituted two suits alleging infringement of its Indian Patent No. 184753 relating to DVD video player technology. The patent, dated 13 February 1995, pertains

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Standipack Private Limited & Another v. M/s Oswal Trading Co. Ltd. & Ors.

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Delhi High Court | Dr. M.K. Sharma J. | 26 May 1999 Case Number: Suit No. 2391/1998 | Citation: AIR 2000 Delhi 23 | 80 (1999) DLT 56 | 1999 IV AD (Delhi) 613 BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Standipack Private Limited, claimed to be the patentee of a pouch designed for storage and dispensing of liquids

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Hindusthan Lever Limited v. Godrej Soaps Limited and Others

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Court: High Court of Calcutta | Date of Decision: 11 April 1996 Citation: AIR 1996 CAL 367; (1997) 1 CALLT 123 (HC); 100 CWN 562; (1996) 100 Cal WN 562; (1997) 2 CivLJ 302 BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Hindusthan Lever Limited, is a leading Indian manufacturer of soaps, detergents, cleaning preparations, chemicals and fertilisers, holding over

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