F. Hoffman - La Roche Ltd. v. Mylan Laboratories Limited

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

D A T E D : 21.04.2023

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY ORA/24/2014/PT/CH F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd Group Headquarters Grenzacherstrasse 124 CH-4070 Basel Switzerland ... Petitioner vs.

1.Mylan Laboratories Limited 1-1-151/1, IV Floor, Sairam Towers, Alexander Road, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh - 500 003.

2.The Controller of Patents Intellectual Property Office Building, GST Road, Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.

... Respondents PRAYER: Petition for the revocation of a patent granted under Section 64 of the Patents Act, 1970, pleased to revoke the patent granted by the second respondent to the first respondent under No.205706 and for costs. For Petitioner : Mr.Vijay Anand for M/s.Depenning and Depenning 1/3

For Respondents : No appearance

ORDER

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the term of Patent No.205706 expired on 04.06.2021. Consequently, nothing survives for adjudication in this petition.

2. By taking note of this development, (T)OP(PT)No.42 of 2023 is dismissed as infructuous without any order as to costs. 21.04.2023 kal 2/3

SENTHILKUMAR RAMAMOORTHY, J kal ORA/24/2014/PT/CH 21.04.2023 3/3