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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - May 2024 #3

Copan Italia SPA v. Puritan Med. Prods. Co. LLC, Appeal No. 2022-1943 (Fed. Cir. May 14, 2024) The Federal Circuit’s only precedential opinion concerning a patent case this week had nothing to do with patent law....more

Weintraub Tobin

The Battle Over the COVID-19 Vaccine Continues

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I recently wrote about the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Moderna against Pfizer/BioNTech over the COVID-19 vaccine. In its complaint filed in federal district court in Boston last August, Moderna alleged that...more

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

mRNA IP 2022 Year in Review: Pioneers Clash in Major Patent Litigations

Substantial patent litigation activity occurred in the mRNA space in 2022, involving nearly all of the major mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) pioneers. Since this is the most significant happening in this space with respect...more

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From Saving the World to Fighting Over IP: Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech

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One of the most amazing accomplishments in the field of biotechnology has been the development and distribution of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19). The numbers tell the story. The time from when the coronavirus’...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: Moderna Sues Pfizer and BioNTech Over Covid Vaccine Patents

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Moderna has sued Pfizer and BioNTech in Massachusetts and Germany (where the defendants are based), claiming that the companies violated three of its patents related to mRNA technology used to develop COVID-19 vaccines....more

Erise IP

Reasonable Royalty 101: A Prudent Approach to the Most Common Patent Litigation Damages

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Coming out of the COVID shutdown era, patent infringement litigation has been hot. To be sure, there have been big headlines during the past couple of years, among them billion-dollar verdicts against Intel and Cisco in...more

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

Arbutus and Genevant Sue Moderna in First Significant Patent Infringement Lawsuit in the mRNA Space

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

Porter Hedges LLP

How the Shift to a Permanent Remote Workforce Can Impact Venue for Patent Infringement Lawsuits

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The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way employers and employees viewed remote work. What was once a rare perk enjoyed by few became an everyday necessity almost overnight. In 2020, most people engaged in some type of work from...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (November 29 - December 3): COVID-19 Vaccine Patents at the PTAB

Last week the Federal Circuit was gearing up for its December argument sitting, but the Court still found time to issue several decisions. Below we provide our usual weekly statistics and our case of the week—our highly...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.16.21 | Top Story: Hyatt Hotels to Buy Resort Giant Apple Leisure for $2.7 Billion

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Hyatt Hotels revealed plans this weekend to buy resort company Apple Leisure Group from PE owners KKR and KSL Capital Partners for a reported $2.7 billion. The move is “the latest sign of optimism about a return to vacation...more

Snell & Wilmer

Home of the Free, Land of the Waive? Patent Waivers in the Time of COVID-19

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Over a year after the world shut down from the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel that is a return to normalcy. Unfortunately, other countries are still deep in the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

High Court Clarifies Appeal Procedures Following Remote Hand Downs of Judgments

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Mr Justice Hacon finds that procedures for applying for permission to appeal are not altered by the COVID-19 Protocol. In Claydon v. Mzuri, Mr Justice Hacon of the High Court has found that the COVID-19 Protocol does not...more

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Patents on COVID-19 Vaccines Feel free to infringe

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There was big news from the Biden administration yesterday regarding patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines. Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, announced in an official statement dated May 5, 2021 that the...more

Weintraub Tobin

Pfizer And BioNTech Claim Immunity From COVID-19 Vaccine Testing IP Claim

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Pfizer and BioNTech recently asked the Southern District of California to dismiss a patent infringement claim from Allele Biotechnology related to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. Allele holds a patent for a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.7.2021 | Top Story: IMF Boosts Economic Growth Projections But Warns of Uneven Post-Pandemic Recovery

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Though raising projections for overall economic growth over the next 2 years, the IMF warned this week that “an uneven rollout of vaccines” threatens to add to concerns about a “K-shaped” economic recovery on a global scale. ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.3.2021 | Top Story: Rare Merck-J&J Partnership to Boost U.S. Vaccine Production

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In a move we hinted at here recently, drug giant Merck is partnering with rival Johnson & Johnson to help produce production of J&J’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine. This unprecedented “Coke & Pepsi of the pharma world”...more

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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

Weintraub Tobin

The Briefing: COVID 19 Bill Stimulates the Economy and Changes in the Intellectual Property Law

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In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the changes in Intellectual Property Law stemming from the recently passed COVID-19 Stimulus Bill. The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more

Smart & Biggar

2020 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law

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In 2020, Rx IP Update reported on a number of developments in Canadian life sciences IP and regulatory law. We review top developments below: Table of Contents 1. COVID-19: CIPO, Federal Courts, Health Canada 2. PMPRB:...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Waco to be the New Trial Hot Spot

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With Judge Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas finally cancelling his winter trials in the face of surging cases, attention turns to the Western District of Texas, which Judge Alan Albright is going in a different...more

Jones Day

Filing Date Motion Granted Due To COVID-19

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NeuMoDx Molecular, Inc., (Petitioner) who was otherwise barred from pursuing two IPR proceedings regarding patents owned by HandyLab, Inc. (Patent Owner) under 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)’s one year deadline, filed a Motion to Change...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Decoded: Technology Law Insights - Issue 10, November 2020

VIDEO: Cryptocurrency - Legitimate Uses and Potential Issues - Following the recent publication of the U.S. Attorney General's cryptocurrency enforcement framework, Spilman attorneys Corey Bonasso and Nick Mooney discuss...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

The Transgenic Mice of Regeneron

At a recent campaign stop, President Trump informed supporters that he “felt like Superman” after his experimental COVID-19 treatment with a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. antiviral drug. The antiviral drug may have resulted...more

Troutman Pepper

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

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 27, October 2020

This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more

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