10 April 2025NewsEuropeIna vom Feld and Maximilian Kücking

Patent pledges in global crises: Why Moderna prevailed over Pfizer/BioNTech

The Düsseldorf court’s decision offers an instructive perspective on the legal nature of patent pledges as well as a reminder that it is risky to rely solely on informal public declarations, say Ina vom Feld and Maximilian Kücking of Herbert Smith Freehills.

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