By Blake Brittain

作者：Blake Brittain

Oct 1 (Reuters) - A Delaware federal judge has rejected Moderna’s (MRNA.O) argument that the US government’s license to patents from federally funded research should shield the company from allegations that vaccines sold to the government infringe Northwestern University’s patents.

10 月 1 日（路透社）- 特拉華州聯邦法官駁回了 Moderna（MRNA.O）的論點，即美國政府對聯邦資助研究產生的專利的許可應保護該公司免受有關向政府銷售的疫苗侵犯西北大學專利的指控。

US District Judge Campbell Barker said on Wednesday that the relevant law, the Bayh-Dole Act, does not create a defense for non-government parties like Moderna

美國地區法官坎貝爾·巴克（Campbell Barker）週三表示，相關法律《拜杜法案》（Bayh-Dole Act）並未為 Moderna 等非政府方創設抗辯理由

The court did not rule on Northwestern’s infringement claims or some of Moderna’s other defenses, including its argument that Northwestern must sue the federal government over COVID-19 shots that Moderna sold to the government

法院未就西北大學的侵權指控或 Moderna 的其他一些抗辯理由作出裁決，其中包括 Moderna 提出的西北大學必須就 Moderna 向政府銷售的新冠疫苗起訴聯邦政府的論點

Spokespeople for Moderna and Northwestern did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision on Thursday

Moderna 和西北大學的發言人週四未立即回應置評請求

Evanston, Illinois-based Northwestern filed the lawsuit in 2024, alleging Moderna misused its lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology in vaccines including its blockbuster COVID-19 shot Spikevax

總部位於伊利諾伊州埃文斯頓的西北大學於 2024 年提起訴訟，指控 Moderna 在其包括重磅新冠疫苗 Spikevax 在內的疫苗中濫用了其脂質納米顆粒（LNP）技術

The case is part of a web of high-stakes patent lawsuits involving Moderna, Pfizer and others over the LNP technology used in COVID-19 shots to transport messenger RNA into the human body

該案是涉及 Moderna、輝瑞及其他公司的一系列高風險專利訴訟的一部分，爭議焦點在於新冠疫苗中用於將信使 RNA 輸送到人體內的 LNP 技術

Northwestern said its researchers pioneered the use of LNPs to deliver mRNA into human cells in 2009 and 2010

西北大學表示，其研究人員在 2009 年和 2010 年率先開創了利用 LNP 將 mRNA 遞送至人體細胞的技術

The case is Northwestern University v. Moderna Inc, US District Court for the District of Delaware, No. 1:24-cv-01151

案件名稱：西北大學訴 Moderna 公司，美國特拉華州地區法院，案號 1:24-cv-01151

For Northwestern: Rebecca Horwitz of Bartlit Beck

西北大學代理律師：Bartlit Beck 律師事務所的 Rebecca Horwitz

For Moderna: Amy Wigmore of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr

Moderna 代理律師：Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr 律師事務所的 Amy Wigmore

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Northwestern sues Moderna for patent infringement over COVID-19 vaccines

西北大學就新冠疫苗專利侵權起訴 Moderna

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