Moderna MRNA Vaccine Patent goes back to 2010.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11149357/Moderna-SUES-Pfizer-BioNTech.html
Pharma giants $104B COVID vaccine war: Moderna SUES Pfizer and BioNTech and accuses them of copying their mRNA technology - patented in 2010 - to develop their virus shots
Moderna is suing its two major competitors in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Pfizer and BioNTech
The firm alleges that the other two companies copied its technology that it developed and patented between 2010 and 2016
Pfizer tells DailyMail.com that its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is based off of technology owned by its partner in the rollout, BioNTech
The pair of competing firms will have earned over $100 billion in revenue from sales of the shots by the end of 2022
Moderna had initially planned not to enforce patents related to the shots - but reversed course in March
Pfizer earned a combined $68 billion between 2021 and 2022 on sales of its COVID-19 vaccine alone