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FS-16120/2008-FRB ECLI:DK:FRB:2022:FS0000000112 AI generated

Patent infringement claim dismissed because generic escitalopram sale did not violate the specific method patent rights.

Case Number FS-16120/2008-FRB
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

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The court dismissed Rekvisitus A/S's claim that selling generic escitalopram infringed Rekvirent A/S's method patent. Rekvisitus argued its sales violated the patent, while Rekvirent contended the method claims covered the generic product's production. The court ruled that selling the finished generic drug did not constitute an infringement of the method patent rights held by Rekvirent.

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Patentlovgivningen; Den danske patentlov: Salg af et generisk lægemiddel udgør ikke en overtrædelse af en fremgangsmådepatent, hvis patentet kun beskytter den specifikke fremstillingsproces og ikke selve produktet.

Keywords

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patent infringement method patent generic medicines escitalopram market exclusion

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Sag om, hvorvidt Rekvisitus A/S, der er fuldsortimentsgrossist på det danske marked for lægemidler, skal forbydes at markedsføre generiske lægemidler indeholdende escitalopram som aktivstof fremstillet i strid med Rekvirent A/S' rettigheder i henhold til dansk fremgangsmådepatent