India witnessed a significant increase in patent filings in FY22 with a 13.6 per cent growth rate, the highest annual increase in the last decade. A report showed that the year witnessed a rise in the share of domestic filings to 44.4 per cent of total patents filed, compared to 41.6 per cent in FY2021, according to Nasscom which released …
Moderna previously pledged not to enforce COVID-19-related patents but changed its stance as the pandemic shifted gears. Moderna has said it is suing rival vaccine maker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, citing infringement on its patents in developing the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. “Moderna …