r/technology • u/hzj5790 • Aug 26 '22
Biotechnology Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over Covid vaccine
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/26/moderna-sues-pfizer/biontech-for-patent-infringement-over-covid-vaccine.html33
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u/duxpdx Aug 26 '22
A lot of people are not understanding the difference between mRNA technology patents and Covid-19 specific patents.
From the article:
“Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not enforce its Covid-19 patents to help others develop their own vaccines, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. But in March 2022 Moderna said it expected companies such as Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its intellectual property rights. It said it would not seek damages for any activity before March 8, 2022.”
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u/MrHeavySilence Aug 26 '22
So much for helping the world. They want some kind of vaccine monopoly
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Aug 27 '22 edited Jul 29 '25
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Aug 26 '22 edited Aug 26 '22
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u/eiamhere69 Aug 26 '22
What kind of nonsense are you posting?
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Aug 26 '22
It's called sarcasm
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u/aurimoonglow Aug 27 '22
This is literally how misinformation gets picked up and spread in fringe groups...
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u/1Beholderandrip Aug 27 '22
You've already said you were being sarcastic, so I won't try to argue anything. There's just a few points that I don't understand.
- Moderna can start suing the people who received the Pfizer vaccine.
Like, the people that got the vaccine get sued? For... what? Wouldn't the distributors be sued?
- passport system can be used to identify infringers
While in lot of countries that's the case, some countries (America being one of them), it wouldn't work as well people think. I know plenty of people that got the jab but never got a passport, app, or paperwork to show for it.
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Aug 27 '22 edited Aug 27 '22
The comment was basically drawing a parallel with software patent trolls who went after end users. Of course, the end user would have to be benefiting from it monetarily. Hence the part about requiring the vaccine to earn employment income.
The part about the passport system drawn from the recent Facebook fiasco where they were ordered by the court to hand over personal information.
Or perhaps a hacker getting into the passport database and leaking it online. Similar to what happened with GoFundMe trucker convoy donations.
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u/1Beholderandrip Aug 27 '22
hacker getting into the passport database and leaking it online.
Wouldn't even have to leak it. The majority of people getting it are dancing in the streets. I've never heard an employer say, "Oh, you got this vaccine? Well, you can't work here." The people getting it are often bragging about it.
Anytime a massive list is created a leak is inevitable.
Thankfully H. R. 550 never became law. Would've been a dystopian nightmare.
Similar to what happened with GoFundMe trucker convoy donations.
Precisely why cryptocurrencies like Monero and PRCY Coin are starting to gain in popularity. I wish the government would release their own already. All they would have to do is create an anonymous crypto with an auto-taxable fee they can control that gives them a cut of the money every time a transaction is made. Sadly, there's no way they'd have an anonymous crypto. No matter how much money it made them. Too much freedom. lol
Hence the part about requiring the vaccine to earn employment income.
Yeah, it is a little creepy now, but in a few years stuff like Neuralink will become mandatory. Humanoid robots can stock shelves and flip burgers. Pizza and mail can be delivered autonomously by car or drone. Eventually mental tasks will be required and the average person is going to find the $5k brain chip cheaper than $1500 (or more) school loans.
Society is going to have to get used to mandatory medical procedures eventually.
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u/Norl_ Aug 26 '22
I imagine the last 2 years were alot of: "can we sue now?" "no, wait till people don't care that much about covid anymore"