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BS-2222/2009-OLR ECLI:DK:OLR:2022:BS0000005290 AI generated

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

Case Number BS-2222/2009-OLR
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Denmark (DK)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed

Legislator summary

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The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal against the City Court's decision prohibiting Rekvisitus A/S from marketing generic escitalopram. Rekvisitus argued that selling the generic drug infringed Rekvirent A/S's rights under a method patent, while Rekvirent contended the sale constituted unauthorized use of the patented process. The court ruled that selling the finished product does not infringe a method patent unless the product itself is the result of the patented method, which was not established here.

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s. 137 stk. 1 og s. 137a af Patentskadeloedelsesloven af 19. juni 1992; Afsalg af færdigt produkt udgør ikke patentbrydelse af fremgangsmådepatent, medmindre produktet er resultatet af den beskyttede metode.

Keywords

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method patent infringement generic drug sale escitalopram rights patent exhaustion doctrine product vs process

Cited Legislation

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s. 137 stk. 1 af Patentskadeloedelsesloven af 19. juni 1992
s. 137a af Patentskadeloedelsesloven af 19. juni 1992
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Landsretten afviste kære af byrettens kendelse i 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