Madras High Court
Bayer Schering Pharma Ag D-13342 vs M/S.Cipla Ltd on 4 July, 2023
(T)CMA(PT)/27/2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 04.07.2023
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY
(T)CMA(PT)/27/2023
(OA/12/2014/PT/CH)
Bayer Schering Pharma AG D-13342
Berlin Germany. ... Appellant
-vs-
1.M/s.Cipla Ltd., 289 Bellalis Road,
Mumbai Central, Mumbai - 400 008.
2.Natco Pharma Ltd., Natco House Road No.2,
Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, Telengana.
3.The Controller General of Patents & Designs
Boudhik Sampada Bhawan CP-2, Sector V,
Salt Lake City, Kolkata - 700 091.
4.The Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs,
The Patent Office, Intellectual Property Building,
GST Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.
5.The Examiner of Patents & Designs,
The Patent Office, Intellectual Property Building,
GST Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032. ... Respondents
PRAYER: Transfer Civil Miscellaneous Appeal (Patent) filed under
Section 117-A of the Patents Act, 1970, pleased to call for the records of the
matter relating to the impugned order and issue an order setting aside the
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(T)CMA(PT)/27/2023
SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY,J
rna
order dated December 02, 2010 passed by Respondent No.4 and direct
Respondent No.4 to grant a Patent on the subject application allowing the
present appeal.
For Appellant : Mr.D.Subbin for M/s.Remfry and Sagar
For Respondents : Mr.M.Karthikeyan,
3 to 5 SPC
For Respondent 1 : Mr.Dominic Alvares
for M/s.S.Majumdar and Co.
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ORDER
Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the term of the relevant patent expired in August 2020. Consequently, the matter has been rendered infructuous.
2. Accordingly, (T)CMA(PT)/27/2023 is dismissed as infructuous without any order as to costs.
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