Gsp Crop Science Private Limited v. Fmc Agro Singapore Pte Ltd. & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court order dated 22.07.2025 by Justice Jyoti Singh disposing of C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 29/2022 & I.A. 10893/2022, C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 46/2022 & I.A. 11277/2022, C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 69/2022 & I.A. 17774/2022 and C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 10/2023 & I.A. 26123/2023. Petitioners: NATCO Pharma Ltd. (counsel: G. Nataraj, Rahul Bhujbal, Shreem Choubey) and GSP Crop Science Ltd. Respondents: FMC Agro Singapore Pte Ltd & Ors. (Peeyoosh Kalra, Senior Advocate, with Ankush Verma, Debashish Banerjee, Vaishali Joshi and Yashwant Singh Baghel for R-1 and R-2; Farman Ali, SPC, with Usha Jamnal for UOI). Patents in question expired on 30.06.2025 rendering the petitions infructuous; FMC Agro Singapore Pte Ltd and FMC Corporation stated they will not assert any rights qua the patents against the Petitioners; statement accepted and petitions disposed of along with pending applications.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of along with pending applications; the Respondents' statement that FMC Agro Singapore PTE Ltd and FMC Corporation will not assert any rights qua the patents in question against NATCO Pharma Ltd. and GSP Crop Science Ltd. was taken on record and accepted.