Moderna Tied Its Own Hands in COVID Patent Suit, Pfizer and BioNTech Claim

The pharmaceutical companies fired back hard at Moderna's suit Monday with the help of Williams & Connolly; Paul Hastings; McCarter & English and Saul Ewing. They argue that Moderna relinquished its rights by publicly pledging not to enforce its patents during the pandemic.

December 05, 2022 at 08:35 PM

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Intellectual Property

Scott Graham

The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal

What You Need to Know

Moderna pledged in 2020 not to enforce its COVID vaccine patents during the pandemic.
Earlier this year it said it was limiting that pledge to low- and middle-income countries.
Pfizer and BioNTech say Moderna 'intentionally and expressly relinquished its right to enforce the patents.'

Moderna only has itself to blame.