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IP VIPs Slam U.S. Government’s Bid to Extend Section 1498(a) to Private Patent Infringement

IP Watchdog

The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) on Monday held a webinar featuring some big names in the IP world to clear up what the organization characterizes as misguided views on the use of Title 28 of the U.S. government statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna, Inc.’s patented invention.

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Peloton, Lululemon and Nike Patent Infringement Lawsuits: Practical Intellectual Property Considerations

IPilogue

Claire La Mantia is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course. Only months later, in January 2022, Nike brought an action against Lululemon for utility patent infringement.

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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

IPilogue

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. A statutory defense to patent enforcement could be another solution, as seen in the American approach in 28 U.S. Code § 1498 (a).

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Pharma Companies, U.S. Government Spar Over Application of Section 1498 to Patent Infringement Claims Against Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine

IP Watchdog

government’s recent statement of interest filed in a patent infringement suit against Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. That statement argued that Moderna should be released from infringement liability under the terms of a government contract that “authorize[d] and consent[ed] to all use and manufacture” of any U.S.

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Understanding the 3 Common Forms of IP & their Varying Levels of Protection

Kashishipr

The term ‘ Intellectual Property (IP) ‘ is like the term ‘Organic’ to some extent, i.e., people across the globe possess some knowledge as to what it means but aren’t crystal clear on its specific details. In the same way round, IP puts a virtual fence around the property or assets that it safeguards.

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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. All of us at the Garrigues IP Blog would like to wish you a very happy new year. What prerogatives does the right to prior use grant?

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GSK Says Pfizer Infringed Five Patents Relating to Comirnaty COVID Vaccine

IP Watchdog

GlaxoSmithKline filed a four-count civil action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware late last week seeking damages for Pfizer and BioNTech’s infringing manufacture, use, sale and marketing of both the original “monovalent” and “bivalent” Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines.

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