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$57M patent lost, more to follow?
Posted 5 December 2025 AM
An appeal to save patent protection for a $57 million market has been rejected, but for different reasons than the original decision, which could allow other patent term extensions to be challenged.
In February this year Justice Kylie Downes of the Federal Court ruled that the patent term extension (PTE) which extended patent protection of Otsuka's Abilify Maintena to 25 July 2029 had been wrongly granted, meaning the patent expired on 18 October 2024.
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Posted 5 December 2025 AM
An appeal to save patent protection for a $57 million market has been rejected, but for different reasons than the original decision, which could allow other patent term extensions to be challenged.
In February this year Justice Kylie Downes of the Federal Court ruled that the patent term extension (PTE) which extended patent protection of Otsuka's Abilify Maintena to 25 July 2029 had been wrongly granted, meaning the patent expired on 18 October 2024.
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