Life Technologies (India)

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Life Technologies (India) Private Limited is an Indian company in the biotechnology field. It provides products and services for life sciences, biotech, and pharmaceutical research in India and other countries.^[1] Products include tests for biological agents including anthrax, malaria, and polio, tissue cultures and mice models, and lab antimicrobial supplies, among others.^[2]

Life Technologies India Pvt Ltd. was formed in Jan 2002. The company acquired 100% ownership of the wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Invitrogen Corporation, called ATZ Lab Solutions in Dec 2002.^[3] ATZ labs remains a subsidiary of Life Technologies Ltd.

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Life Technologies India Pvt Ltd recently won a Delhi High Court judgement in its favour on the use of the name "Life Technologies",^[4][5] which recorded that the Thermo Fisher acquisition had been acting in a 'false' and 'dishonest' manner. The subsidiary of Life Technologies (India) Private Limited had also won earlier battles at National Arbitration Forum, USA (Case #1363891 and 1363893 of 2011)^[6] against Invitrogen Corporation (predecessor company of Thermo Fisher Scientific Corporation's acquisition), regarding ownership of few other brand names and related domains.

While Thermo Fisher Scientific corporation uses the Life Technologies brand in the United States and some other countries, Life Technologies (India) Private Limited claims to be the real owner of the brand, with its stand supported by the above judicial forums.^[7][8]

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