Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge NEWMAN. Circuit Judge MOORE concurs in the judgment, and joins Part A but not Part B of the opinion.
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
The issue is whether the University of Massachusetts at Lowell ("the University") waived its Eleventh Amendment immunity by expressly agreeing to federal jurisdiction in a patent license agreement. The district court so held.
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