Pharmabiz :: Chennai HC rejects Roche's patent suit against Matrix in light of lack of jurisdiction

The Chennai High Court (HC) in a recent judgement, rejected a patent suit filed by Swiss drug company, Hoffman La Roche against Matrix Pharmaceuticals on the ground that, the company had no jurisdiction to file the suit in the state. While rejecting the suit, the Chennai HC held that the two claims that Roche made against Matrix while filing the suit was not admissible and found that the company was attempting to create a jurisdiction own its own through this claim.