BioNTech SE (BNTX)

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CVAC ups_the_ante_in COVID-vaccine patent suits_against PFE/BNTX:

https://www.accesswire.com/viewarticle.aspx?id=767607&lang=en

The market appears to be skeptical of CVAC’s litigation prospects in either Germany or the US. Background info from the above PR:

CureVac filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Germany against BioNTech in early June 2022. A first public hearing on this lawsuit will take place on August 15, 2023, before the Regional Court Düsseldorf. A nullity action covering one of the patents at issue (EP1857122B1) was filed by Pfizer/BioNTech in September 2022. A preliminary opinion issued in April 2023 by the German Federal Patent Court supports the validity of the CureVac patent.

In the U.S., Pfizer/BioNTech filed its case in late July 2022, asking for confirmation that Comirnaty does not infringe three CureVac patents. These patents are included in the ten U.S. patents of CureVac's counter¬claim: 11,135,312; 11,149,278; 11,286,492; 11,345,920; 10,760,070; 11,241,493; 11,471,525; 11,576,966; 11,596,686 and 11,667,910.