{"id":433,"date":"2026-06-11T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/?p=433"},"modified":"2026-06-11T13:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:31:27","slug":"amicus-brief-drafted-for-nam-in-support-of-reversing-ruling-that-moderna-rather-than-the-government-must-face-a-multibillion-dollar-patent-infringement-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2026\/06\/11\/amicus-brief-drafted-for-nam-in-support-of-reversing-ruling-that-moderna-rather-than-the-government-must-face-a-multibillion-dollar-patent-infringement-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Amicus Brief Drafted for NAM in\u00a0Support\u00a0of\u00a0Reversing\u00a0Ruling that Moderna, Rather than the Government, Must Face a\u00a0Multibillion-Dollar Patent Infringement\u00a0Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Duane Morris partners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/brianpandya.html\">Brian Pandya <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/sethrokosky.html\">Seth Rokosky<\/a> represented the National Association of Manufacturers in its amicus brief encouraging the Federal Circuit to undo a lower court\u2019s ruling that Moderna, and not the government, must face a multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit over its COVID-19 vaccine. The brief warned that if contractors can\u2019t rely on the government when it commits to bearing the liability of patent infringement suits, it would undermine the government\u2019s ability to procure manufactured goods that are vitally important for responding to national crises and for keeping the daily operations of government running. Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/site\/static\/arbutus_moderna_brief_national_association_manufacturers.pdf\">amicus brief here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duane Morris partners Brian Pandya and Seth Rokosky represented the National Association of Manufacturers in its amicus brief encouraging the Federal Circuit to undo a lower court\u2019s ruling that Moderna, and not the government, must face a multibillion-dollar patent infringement suit over its COVID-19 vaccine. The brief warned that if contractors can\u2019t rely on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2026\/06\/11\/amicus-brief-drafted-for-nam-in-support-of-reversing-ruling-that-moderna-rather-than-the-government-must-face-a-multibillion-dollar-patent-infringement-suit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Amicus Brief Drafted for NAM in\u00a0Support\u00a0of\u00a0Reversing\u00a0Ruling that Moderna, Rather than the Government, Must Face a\u00a0Multibillion-Dollar Patent Infringement\u00a0Suit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,312,229,310,311,300],"ppma_author":[238],"class_list":["post-433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-appellate","tag-brian-pandya","tag-covid-19","tag-federal-circuit","tag-patent-infringement","tag-seth-rokosky"],"authors":[{"term_id":238,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}