Life Sciences and Pharma IP Litigation 2025

SAUDI ARABIA

Iraq

Jordan

Iran

Kuwait

Qatar

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

U.A.E.

Law and Practice Contributed by:

Sudan

Yemen

Dr Saud Alromi, Mostafa Ihab, Mohamed Ramadan and Saleh Albadry Mohammed Al Dhabaan & Partners Eversheds Sutherland

Contents 1. Life Sciences and Pharma/Biopharma Patent Litigation p.251 1.1 Claimants/Plaintiffs to an Action p.251

1.2 Defendants/Other Parties to an Action p.251 1.3 Preliminary Injunction Proceedings p.252

1.4 Structure of Main Proceedings on Infringement/Validity p.252 1.5 Timing for Main Proceedings on Infringement/Validity p.252 1.6 Requirements to Bring Infringement Action p.253 1.7 Pre-Action Discovery/Disclosure p.254 1.8 Search and Seizure Orders p.254 1.9 Declaratory Relief p.254 1.10 Doctrine of Equivalents p.254 1.11 Clearing the Way p.255 1.12 Experts p.255

1.13 Use of Experiments p.256 1.14 Discovery/Disclosure p.256

1.15 Defences and Exceptions to Patent Infringement p.256 1.16 Stays and Relevance of Parallel Proceedings p.257 1.17 Patent Amendment p.257 1.18 Court Arbiter p.258 2. Generic Market Entry p.258 2.1 Infringing Acts p.258 2.2 Regulatory Data and Market Exclusivity p.258 2.3 Acceptable Pre-Launch Preparations p.258 2.4 Publicly Available Drug and Patent Information p.259 2.5 Reimbursement and Pricing/Linkage Markets p.259 3. Biosimilar Market Entry p.259 3.1 Infringing Acts p.259 3.2 Data and Regulatory Exclusivity p.260 3.3 Acceptable Pre-Launch Preparations p.260 3.4 Publicly Available Drug and Patent Information p.260 3.5 Reimbursement and Pricing/Linkage Markets p.260

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