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Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

[Webinar] mRNA Patent Wars Update: Litigations Expand and Key Rulings Expected in 2025 - May 14th, 2:00 pm ET

Partner Dan Shores will present a webinar titled "mRNA Patent Wars Update: Litigations Expand and Key Rulings Expected in 2025" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing medical technology and...more

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GlaxoSmithKline and Northwestern Sue Moderna for Patent Infringement in Trio of Lawsuits

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Last week, GlaxoSmithKline and Northwestern University filed separate lawsuits against Moderna, accusing its mRNA-based vaccines of patent infringement....more

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GSK Sues Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn & BioNTech for Infringing mRNA Vaccine Patents

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​​​​​​​Late last week, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA and GlaxoSmithKline LLC filed suit in the District of Delaware alleging that Pfizer, Pharmacia & Upjohn, BioNtech SE, BioNtech Manufacturing GMBH, and BioNTech US, Inc....more

K&L Gates LLP

No (More) Bites at the mRNA Apple: Pfizer and BioNTech Seek Declaratory Judgment of Noninfringement Relating to Their COVID-19...

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On 25 July 2022, BioNTech SE and BioNTech Manufacturing GmbH (collectively, BioNTech) and Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed suit1 in the District of Massachusetts against CureVac AG (CureVac or Defendant)....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Proposed WTO IP Waiver: Just What Good Can It Do? -- An Analysis

As posted Monday, BIO (the Biotechnology Innovation Organization) provided a link to the supposed compromise agreement reached recently to permit WTO member states to waive patent protection for "subject matter required for...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 22

Assignment and Recordation of Patent Ownership Rights - A patent has the attributes of intangible personal property: it can be sold or mortgaged; it may be bequeathed by a will; and it may pass to the heirs of a deceased...more

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court upholds validity of one pneumococcal vaccine patent, but holds two other patents invalid

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Update: Wyeth’s appeal was discontinued. On April 30, 2021, the Federal Court issued its decision relating to the validity of three patents relating to Pfizer’s PREVNAR 13, a 13-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide protein...more

JAMS

Is ADR the Cure for COVID-19-Related Litigation? - The benefits of having a neutral with life sciences experience to resolve your...

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As we continue our battle against COVID-19, one of the successes is the speed with which pharmaceutical companies have developed vaccines. For those not familiar with the science and the process of getting new drugs to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Enforcing IP in a Pandemic: Considerations, Risks, Strategies

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Moderna, a biotechnology company that is currently advancing a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, recently stated that it would not enforce its vaccine patents during the current health crisis. In light of this...more

International Lawyers Network

Patent Disputes in Life Sciences

Having vast expertise in providing legal protection to large Russian and international pharmaceuticals and healthcare companies, Lidings has put together a Legal Digest highlighting the most notable patents disputes in Life...more

Smart & Biggar

First decision on CSPs: SHINGRIX refusal remanded to Health Canada

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The first decision considering the scope and meaning of the provisions in the Patent Act relating to Certificates of Supplementary Protection (CSPs) has now been released.  Justice Barnes of the Federal Court in...more

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UPDATE: Subject Matter Eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 – Life Sciences

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The United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum on May 4, 2016 (May 2016 Memo) to the Patent Examining Corps to provide further Examiner instructions relating to subject matter eligibility under 35...more

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