2022年1月17日,原告Alnylam公司就Moderna, Inc.、ModernaTX, Inc. 和Moderna US, Inc.(以下統稱“莫德納”)提起專利侵權訴訟。Alnylam聲稱莫德納的mRNA1273新冠疫苗侵犯了原告的第933號美國專利。
惟莫德納主張法院應根據其向美國政府的供應合約來駁回原告公司直接和間接的專利侵權訴訟。而Alnylam只能依28 U.S.C.第1498(a)條,在聯邦索賠法院(United States Court of Federal Claims)對美國政府提起訴訟。故法院應根據聯邦民事訴訟法第12(b)(6)條批準其聲請駁回請求,并在不利于原告的情況下駁回基于莫德納向美國政府出售和提供新冠疫苗劑量的訴訟。
[1]Biospace, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Files Patent Infringement Suits against Pfizer and Moderna, 17 March 2022. https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/alnylam-pharmaceuticals-files-patent-infringement-suits-against-pfizer-and-moderna/. Last visited 9 June 2022.
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[3]Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., v. Moderna, Inc., Modernatx, Inc., and Moderna US, Inc., U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:22-cv-00335-CFC.
[4]Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., v. Pfizer Inc. and Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:22-cv-00336-CFC.
[5]Zoey Becker, Pfizer shoots back at Alnylam's claims in high-stakes COVID-19 vaccine patent case, fiercepharma, 2 June 2022.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-denies-patent-claim-says-suing-company-seeking-improper-economic-benefit. Last visited 9 June 2022.