NOVO NORDISK AS vs DR. REDDYS LABORATORIES LIMITED & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 15th September, 2025 Date of Decision:02nd December, 2025 + CS(COMM) 565/2025 & CRL.M.A. 21608/2025 I.A. 14076/2025 I.A. 17699/2025 I.A. 17802/2025 I.A. 18374/2025 I.A. 19205/2025 I.A. 19361/2025 NOVO NORDISK AS. .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma, Mr. Rishabh Paliwal, Mr. Abhay Tandon and Mr. Shreyansh Gupta, Advs. versus DR. REDDYS LABORATORIES LIMITED & ANR. .....Defendant Through: Mr. Gopal Subramanium, Sr. Adv. and Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Mohit Goel, Mr. Sidhant Goel, Mr. Aditya Goel, Mr. Deepankar Mishra, Mr. Kartikeya Tandon, Mr. Pavan Bhushan and Mr. Avinash K. Sharma, Advs. % CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J: INDEX I Factual Matrix 02 II Submissions on behalf of the Plaintiff 06 III Submissions on behalf of the Defendants 14 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MAHIMA SHARMACS(COMM) 565/2025 Page 1 of 99 Signing Date:03.12.2025 17:45:49 IV Findings and Analysis 23 A. Issue of Anticipation by prior claiming 26 under Section 64(1)(a) of the Patents Act B. Priority date of the Suit Patent and the 55 relevance of the European Opposition Division dated 25.01.2013 C. Issue of anticipation by prior-publication 59 under Section 64(1)(e) of the Patents Act D. Issue of obviousness under Section 62 64(1)(f) of the Patents Act E. Additional Relevant Facts Establishing 90 Evergreening F. Other Grounds 94 V Balance of Convenience 94 VI Conclusion 99 I.A. 14076/2025 (UNDER ORDER XXXIX RULES 1 AND 2 OF CPC) I. FACTUAL MATRIX 1. By way of the present judgment, this Court shall decide the above- captioned application filed on behalf of the Plaintiff under Order XXXIX, Rules 1 and 2 of the Code of Civil