Patent infringement

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine patents

By TOM MURPHYAugust 26, 2022 GMT

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna’s technology in order to make their own vaccine.

Moderna said Friday that Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine Comirnaty infringes on patents Moderna filed several years ago protecting the technology behind its preventive shot, Spikevax.

Germany’s CureVac files suit against vaccine rival BioNTech

July 5, 2022 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German biotech company CureVac said Tuesday it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival BioNTech for work that it says contributed to the development of the BioNTech-Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Micron Technology is sued for alleged patent infringement

By KEITH RIDLERApril 28, 2022 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bell Semiconductor has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against computer chipmaker Micron Technology.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court contends that Boise, Idaho-based Micron is using without authorization a process for making semiconductor devices developed and patented by Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based Bell Semiconductor.

Moderna has no plans to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe

By FRANCES D'EMILIOOctober 11, 2021 GMT

ROME (AP) — Moderna has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up the company's own production is the best way to increase the global supply, the company’s chairman said Monday.

Wells Fargo countersues USAA over patent infringement claims

Patrick DannerAugust 15, 2018 GMT

Wells Fargo Bank has countersued USAA over its allegations that the San Francisco-based bank infringed on patents the San Antonio financial service company holds on technology that allows users to deposit checks using mobile devices.