SpicyIP

MAY 17, 2023

However, Section 3(d) has been an issue for the big pharmaceutical companies, as an obstruction to get secondary patents on trivial variations because it blocks patents from becoming “evergreen” and gives opportunity to generic pharmaceutical firms to produce biosimilar drugs and sell them at a much lower price.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Patent Application 15/131,442 (the “’442 Patent”) with claims directed to a method of increasing prostacyclin release in systemic blood vessels of a human to improve vasodilation and reduce hypertension. Background John L. Couvaras filed U.S. to note that “[a]rguments raised only in footnotes [] are waived.” Otsuka Pharm.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 31, 2023

In 2014, UCB sued Actavis for infringement of the Muller patents. UCB prevailed in the lawsuit, and was awarded an injunction against Actavis until March 2021, when one of the Muller patents expires. In 2018, UCB filed a new patent application (the “’589 patent”, priority date 2009) covering a reformulation of Neupro.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Highlights of the Week Cheroots to Cheers or Bringing IP Conversations to Wider Audiences: A SpicyIP Initiative for Vernacular Dissemination ‘De-code Indian Intellectual Property Law’ – For who? The deadline to file the comments is February 28.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Highlights of the Week Cheroots to Cheers or Bringing IP Conversations to Wider Audiences: A SpicyIP Initiative for Vernacular Dissemination ‘De-code Indian Intellectual Property Law’ – For who? The deadline to file the comments is February 28.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Also, the Government has recently made an Amendment to the Patent Rule i.e. Indian Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024 which aims to rationalize the patent application process and reduce the burden of the compilation and accelerate actions. Trademarks and Registered Trademarks, Control of Corp Diseases, 2012.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Some people may have anticipated that, in raising the standard of inventive step and introducing stricter requirements for enablement and support of claims, the RtB reforms would result in fewer applications being accepted. I was not one of those people, and I expect that neither were most other patent attorneys.

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