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Ppivspiandpi G.R. No. 167715 November 17, 2010 Petitioner Respondents: Pfizer, Inc. and Pfizer (Phil.) Inc., Topic
Ppivspiandpi G.R. No. 167715 November 17, 2010 Petitioner Respondents: Pfizer, Inc. and Pfizer (Phil.) Inc., Topic
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6. Pfizer is the registered owner of Philippine Letters
Patent No. 21116 (the Patent) which was issued by this
Honorable Office on July 16, 1987. The patent is valid
until July 16, 2004. The claims of this Patent are directed
to a method of increasing the effectiveness of a betalactam antibiotic in a mammalian subject, which
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Respondents prayed for permanent injunction, damages
and the forfeiture and impounding of the alleged
(b) That the commission, continuance or nonperformance of the act or acts complained of during the
litigation would probably work injustice to the applicant;
or
Thus, it does not matter that the patents upon which the
complaints were based are different. The fact remains
that in both complaints the rights violated and the acts
violative of such rights are identical.
(i)
declaring that respondent has infringed Pfizer
Inc.'s Philippine Patent No. 21116 and that respondent
has no right whatsoever over complainant's patent;
Civil Case No. 04-754, filed with the Regional Trial Court
of Makati City, Branch 138, is likewise DISMISSED on the
ground of litis pendentia.
SO ORDERED.