Biologics, Case Law, Covid-19, Damages, Infringement, Inventive step, Patents, United Kingdom, Validity
“This may hurt a bit…” – Moderna paves the way for COVID-19 vaccine damages claim against Pfizer and BioNTech in the UK
Moderna secured a double victory in the Patents Court last week (2 July 2024) in proceedings against Pfizer and BioNTech. In the first decision, Meade J found its modified mRNA patent to be valid and infringed by Pfizer and BioNTech’s “Comirnaty” vaccine. In the second decision, Richards J rejected Pfizer and BioNTech’s defence based on…