Pfizer Battles Mighty Brother
Make a commentBy Ed Silverman // February 6th, 2007 // 6:37 am
Have no fear, patent lawyers are here.
The big drugmaker is appealing a Chinese court ruling that lets a local company use “Wei Ge,” or Mighty Brother, a Chinese-language name for Viagra, which Pfizer calls “Wan Ai Ke.” The Beijing court said the brand name, “Wei Ge,” was properly registered by Guangzhou Wellman Pharmaceutical Co., the Associated Press reports.
“The ruling fails to support Chinese efforts to create an environment of innovation that provides consistent protection of intellectual property rights for companies bringing new medicines to China,” according to a statement from Pfizer, which won a December ruling that barred two other Chinese companies from making generic Viagra.
[tags]China, Pfizer, Viagra[/tags]