Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice Advance Access originally published online on November 2, 2006
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 2006 1(13):818-819; doi:10.1093/jiplp/jpl186
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Lipitor battle in the NetherlandsDistrict Court invalidates Warner-Lambert's EP '281 and holds EP '633 infringed
Lovells, Amsterdam
In the continuing Lipitor (atorvastatin) battle between the Indian company Ranbaxy and Pfizer/Warner-Lambert, the District Court of The Hague held that Ranbaxy's generic atorvastatin falls within the scope of protection of EP '633, the main patent covering atorvastatin, and invalidated another atorvastatin patent, EP '281.