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Biosimilar Patents in India – Patentability, Exclusivity and the Patent-Regulatory Interface

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Biologics occupy a peculiar and increasingly central place in modern medicine   large, complex molecules manufactured through living cell systems rather than chemical synthesis, used to treat cancer, autoimmune disease and a growing list of conditions for which no small-molecule alternative exists. As the patents covering the first generation of blockbuster biologics   Herceptin, Avastin, Rituxan, Humira […]

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Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge v. B.D. Bhandari & Anr.

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(RFA (OS) No. 21 of 2009) with The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Narendra Publishing House & Ors. (FAO (OS) No. 458 of 2008) High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 3 August 2011 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kait Reportable Background

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Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.

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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 15 October 2015 Criminal Appeal No. 258 of 2013 with Criminal Appeal No. 259 of 2013 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur Reportable Background The respondent No. 1, Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta, claimed copyright in a synopsis of a story he had written

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Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke & Anr. v. Controller of Patent and Designs & ors.

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay | Commercial Appellate Division | 9 March 2026 Case Number: Commercial Appeal (L) No. 13430 of 2025 in Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No. 110 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Bharati Dangre and Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manjusha Deshpande, JJ. Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:7027-DB BACKGROUND The appellants, Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke and another, filed

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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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Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 12 March 2026, Case Number: C.A. (COMM.IPD-PAT) 3/2025 & I.A. 3472/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The appellant, Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd., is a company specialising in sustainable energy storage solutions, particularly sodium-ion battery technology, with a focus on transforming agricultural and bio-waste such as cattle

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Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Parag Sanghavi & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 24 August 2015 CS (OS) 1892/2006 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan Singh Background The plaintiffs, Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and its co-plaintiff, are private limited companies engaged in the business of producing, exhibiting and distributing cinematograph films. The plaintiffs claimed to be the copyright

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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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The Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford & Ors. v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services & Ors.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 9 December 2016 RFA (OS) 81/2016 Bench: Division Bench Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Khanna Background The appellants (plaintiffs before the learned Single Judge) were five academic publishers: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press (UK), Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.,

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AIC246 AG & Co. KG v. The Patent Office of India & Others

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Commercial Division) | Decided: 27 February 2026 Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No. 72 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arif S. Doctor Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:5637 Background AIC246 AG & Co. KG, the petitioner, is a company that filed Patent Application No. 201627001750 on 21 March 2016 for an invention titled “Combinations

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