The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) recently decided that Moderna’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, SPIKEVAX®, did not infringe Alnylam’s patents because the cationic lipid used in the vaccine, SM-102, was not a cationic lipid with a ‘branched alkyl’ group.[1] The case turned on the proper construction of ‘branched alkyl’.
Caroline Chong, Jessica Waters and Tamara Hunter unpack the recent Full Court of the Federal Court decision concerning unfair contract terms in ASIC v Auto & General Insurance Company Limited [2025] FCAFC 76.
On 12 June 2025, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) announced the release of its Issues Paper on the forthcoming Children’s Online Privacy Code (the Code).