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International standards with
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While aspiring to European standards
and innovative approaches to legal practice,
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how to apply the best international legal
practices in local conditions.

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Working with clients all
around the world

Our local expertise as a national law firm
and the global experience of our extensive
network of international partners mean we
are able to work with clients not only in Russia,
but also in Europe, North and South America,
Asia, Africa and Australia. This gives us
a unique opportunity to adopt the best Russian
and international practices in projects all over
the world.

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characteristics in every
business

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distinctive characteristics and unique
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providing individually tailored and smart
solutions to meet all the client’s requirements
and expectations.

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civil standpoint

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us and the world in which we live – we
provide charitable aid, work with
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standpoint and support the principles of
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Maxim Ali has commented for the DP on Biocad’s attempt to challenge a one of AstraZeneca’s patents

25.01.2021

|By maximapublisher

Maxim Ali - Partner

Biocad (St Petersburg-based drug manufacturer) is trying to challenge the decision of Rospatent (Federal Service for Intellectual Property) in the Intellectual Rights Court. The Service had perviously refused to cancel the patent of Sweden’s company AstraZeneca AB. The patented composition of fulvestrant is used to manufacture a drug for the treatment of breast cancer.

“According to Biocad, AstraZeneca has patented an albeit new technology, but it`s not original to specialists. In particular, a packaging, storage and use of the pharmaceutical composition in syringes is an obvious solution, which does not give any unexpected technical result,” explained Maxim Ali, Partner, Head of IP/IT Practice at Maxima Legal for the Delovoy Peterburg newspaper.

On the expert mind, if not to considering the option of amicable settlement of the dispute, Biocad will need to convince the court of the non-obviousness of AstraZeneca’s invention to win, and much will depend on the appointment of expertise or expert testimony.

To read the full article (in Russian) please see the Delovoy Peterburg website >>>