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Patent On AIDS Medicine Denied In India; Seen Unlocking Market

By Intellectual Property Watch

A decision by the Indian Patent Office to reject a patent on an AIDS drug last week has drawn acclaim from civil society and Indian generic pharmaceutical industries. The decision was not based on a controversial article of Indian law aimed at preventing patent extensions but rather on the grounds of non-inventiveness. Abbott Laboratories, meanwhile, presented Intellectual Property Watch with justification for its Indian patent request.

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Full post as published by Intellectual Property Watch on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).