NOVARTIS AG V.

UNION OF
INDIA
Aishwarya Saini
Sanskriti Sharma

A "Patent" is a monopoly right granted by the

Government for an invention to an inventor,
conveying and securing to him the exclusive right to
make, use and sell his invention for a specified
period of time.

PATENT

The patent application was filed by Novartis in India

in 1998 which claimed Gleevec (the beta crystalline
form of imatinib mesylate).

THE CASE

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