Bilcare patent infringement

 

The Controller of Patents has dismissed two petitions against a patent granted to Bilcare, a Pune-based pharmaceutical packaging company.

The patent was for metallised packaging films, an anti-counterfeit solution. According to the new Indian Patent Act, an awarded patent can be challenged within a year.

Bilcare, which filed its patent application in March 2004, was awarded a patent in December 2005 by the Mumbai patent office.

Bilcare sued two packaging companies, Amar Tara and Associated Capsules, for infringing its patent with imitations.