# MACLEODS PHARMACEUTICALS LTD vs THE CONTROLLER OF PATENTS & ANR.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-01-15
Citation: C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT)-38/2022 2025:DHC:158
Petitioner: MACLEODS PHARMACEUTICALS LTD
Respondent: THE CONTROLLER OF PATENTS & ANR.

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 29.11.2024 Judgment pronounced on: 15.01.2025 I.A. 7635/2024 and I.A. 46685/2024 IN C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 38/2022 MACLEODS PHARMACEUTICALS LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. G. Nataraj and Mr. Rahul Bhujbal and Mr. Yash Raj, Advocates versus THE CONTROLLER OF PATENTS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Adv. with Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Ms. Arpita Sawhney, Ms. Meenal Khurana, Ms. Pallavi Kiran, Mr. Arun Kumar Jana, Mr. Priyansh Sharma, Ms. Pratiksha Varshney, Mr. Sumer Seth and Ms. Riya Kumar, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. I.A. 7635/2024 (under Section 151 of CPC) I.A. 46685/2024 (under Section 151 of CPC) 1. The captioned applications have been filed by the respondent no.2 seeking dismissal of the present petition. 2. The following issues arise for adjudication in the two applications: (i) Whether a revocation petition can be held to be not maintainable if the petitioner has filed a written statement, taking a defence of invalidity of the suit patent under Section 107 of the Patents Act, in an infringement suit filed by the patentee. (ii) Whether a revocat

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