Landmark Patent Revocation by IPOS under Section 80 of the Singapore Patent Act

摘要

On January 20, 2006, Cargill International Trading Pte Ltd (the applicant) filed an application with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) to revoke the Singapore Patent No. 42669 entitled 'Arachidonic Acid and Methods for the Production and Use Thereof' owned by Martek Biosciences Corporation (the patentee). The applicant is a subsidiary of Cargill Inc., a multinational corporation based in the US with business that primarily focuses on the production and marketing of food and agricultural commodities and related products and services. The patentee is also a US based company which focuses on the research and development of nutritional products and in particular, licensing of nutritional supplements such as ARA and DHA for use in infant formulation.