CureVac Files Patent Lawsuit in Germany Against BioNTech

CureVac Files Patent Lawsuit in Germany Against BioNTech
A dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels on March 2, 2021. Yves Herman/Reuters
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BERLIN—CureVac has filed a patent lawsuit in Germany against BioNTech over its use of mRNA technology, marking one of the first known cases of a company going to court amid the fierce competition to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus.

The German-based biotech company is seeking “fair compensation” from BioNTech and two subsidiaries for infringement of its intellectual property rights, it said on Tuesday.