Alkem Laboratories Limited v. Novartis Ag & ANR.

$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 6/2025 & I.A. 9576/2025 ALKEM LABORATORIES LIMITED .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. George Vithayathil, Advocate.

versus NOVARTIS AG & ANR.

.....Respondents Through:

Ms. Mamta Rani, Mr. Abhay Tandon, Ms. Kriti Chulet and Mr. Sadaf K., Advocates for R-1.

Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Om Ram and Ms. Nikita Singh, Advocates for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 28.03.2026 1.

Matter is taken up today as 02.03.2026 was declared holiday in light of Notification No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026. 2.

This petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 64(1) of the Patents Act, 1970 read with Section 2(1)(c)(xvii) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 and Section 151 CPC for revocation of Indian Patent IN414518 and to direct Respondent No. 2 to remove the said patent from the Register of Patents.

3.

Learned counsel for Respondent No. 1 submits that the patent in question stands revoked and therefore, this petition is rendered infructuous, which is acknowledged by learned counsel for the Petitioner. 4.

Petition is disposed of along with the pending application taking the above submission of Respondent No. 1 on record. JYOTI SINGH, J MARCH 28, 2026 S.Sharma The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/04/2026 at 15:54:56