NOVARTIS AG vs CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th September, 2025 + W.P.(C)-IPD 50/2025 & CM 209-210/2025 NOVARTIS AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma and Mr. Abhay Tandon, Advs. versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Om Ram and Mr. Mayank Sansanwal, Advocates for R-1 Mr. C. A. Sundaram, Sr. Advocate and Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. S. Majumdar, Mr. Afzal B Khan, Mr. Samik Mukherjee, Ms. Amrita Majumdar, Mr. Dominic Alvares, Ms. Manya Jain, Ms. Rohini Musa and Mr. Abhishek Gupta, Advocates for R-2 + W.P.(C)-IPD 51/2025 & CM 211-212/2025 NOVARTIS AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma and Mr. Abhay Tandon, Advs. versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Signature Not Verified Signed By:HEMANT PRATAP SINGH W.P.(C)-IPD 50/2025 and connected matters Page 1 of 31 Signing Date:16.09.2025 21:12:43 Om Ram and Mr. Mayank Sansanwal, Advocates for R-1 Mr. J. Sai Deepak, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Abhai Pandey, Ms. Manisha Singh, Mr. Manish Aryan, Ms. Anju Agrawal, Mr. Gautam Kumar, Ms. Shivani Singh, Mr. Dhruv Tandon, Mr. Avinash Sharma, Mr. Nishant Rai and Ms. Swati Mittal, Advocates for R-2 + W.P.(C)-IPD 52/2025 & CM 213-214/2025 NOVARTIS AG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hemant Singh, Ms. Mamta Jha, Mr. Siddhant Sharma and Mr. Abhay Tandon, Advs. versus CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC with Mr. Om Ram and Mr. Mayank Sansanwal, Advocates for R-1 Ms. Rajeshwari H., Ms. Garima Joshi and Ms. Sawani Chothe, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA % JUDGMENT MAN