The article analyses the order of interim injunction granted by the Delhi High Court in the case of Sotefin SA v. Indraprastha Cancer Society And Research Center & Ors. The Court applied the concept of Doctrine of Equivalence to arrive at the finding of a prima facie case of infringement and dismissed the exemption of parallel import asserted by the Defendants. The article also analyses the importance of claim construction in patent infringement matters and accordingly analyses the facts of this case.

Audio Source: An article published on the LKS website in March 2021 https://www.lakshmisri.com/insights/articles/delhi-high-court-expounds-on-doctrine-of-equivalence-and-parallel-import-under-patent-law/#

Author:  Vindhya S Mani, Joint Partner (LKS)

Voice: Supriti Narayanan, Joint Partner (LKS)

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