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
5/6/2025
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Technology Companies ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Patent Litigation ,
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Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Vaccinations ,
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As we previously discussed, beginning in 2022, a series of patent infringement lawsuits were filed against Moderna and collaborators Pfizer+BioNTech seeking damages based on their respective sales of the Spikevax® and...more
In 1910, German scientist Paul Ehrlich introduced a groundbreaking concept to the world: chemical compounds could be engineered to interact with unique receptors on disease-causing cells while avoiding interaction with...more
4/9/2025
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FDA Approval ,
Innovation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
USPTO
Partner Dan Shores will present a webinar titled "The mRNA/Lipid Nanoparticle Competitive and Litigation Landscape" for Medmarc, the leading expert in the products liability risks facing medical technology and life sciences...more
8/22/2023
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Technology Companies ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Regulatory Approval ,
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Several patent litigations have been filed involving mRNA pioneers such as Moderna, Inc. and BioNTech, Inc. (with Pfizer) over the past year relating to sales of the Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine products...more
On August 16, 2022, Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Orna Therapeutics each announced that they entered into a collaboration agreement relating to the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics and vaccines in the...more
In the first major patent infringement lawsuit in the mRNA space, on February 28, 2022, Arbutus Biopharma Corporation (“Arbutus”) and Genevant Sciences GmbH (“Genevant”) sued Moderna, Inc. and ModernaTX, Inc. (collectively...more
On January 4, 2022, Judge Andrews from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware denied Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.’s (“Sarepta”) Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss a complaint for infringement of U.S. Patent...more
In April of 2021, we provided a three-part series relating to the IP and Competitive Landscape for the mRNA market. In this post we provide a 2021 year in review update on mRNA pioneers and key players and offer additional...more
In Part I of this series providing a summary of the mRNA IP and competitive landscape through one year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we focused on market players BioNTech, Moderna and CureVac; in Part II, we discussed Translate...more
In Part I of this three-part series, we focused on three mRNA technology market players: BioNTech, Moderna and CureVac. In this second post, we will focus on Translate BIO, Arcturus Therapeutics, and eTheRNA and discuss...more
Moderna, one of the global leaders in developing a safe and effective vaccine to combat COVID-19, appears poised to get through clinical trials with a vaccine that is based on mRNA technology. As was recently announced,...more
11/16/2020
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Final Written Decisions ,
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Life Sciences ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
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Last month, Moderna Therapeutics, one of the global leaders in the race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine, made the following statement regarding enforcement of its patents:
We feel a special obligation under the current...more
11/10/2020
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Biotechnology ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
European Commission ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Sciences ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
USPTO ,
Vaccinations