UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, a New York Education Corporation, Plaintiff,
v.
G.D. SEARLE & CO., INC., a Delaware Corporation, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. New York.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 5, 2003.
March 5, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David M. Lascell, Harter, Secrest and Emery, LLP, Rochester, NY, Carol E. Heckman, Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP, Buffalo, NY, Gerald P. Dodson, Eric S. Walters, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Erica D. Wilson, Win Hwango, Steven J. Keoninger, Kenneth A. Kuwayti, Cynthia L. Lopez, Marc J. Pernick, Kanika Radhakrishnan, Jennifer L. Piel, Cathryn M. Sadler, Bryan Ward, Rachel Williams, Emily A. Evans, Erik Jeffrey Olson, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Harold A. Jurland, Eric J. Wared, Ward, Norris, Heller & Reidy, LLP, Rochester, NY, for University of Rochester.
Michael Wolford, Wolford & LeClair, LLP, Rochester, NY, Henry J. Renk, Nicholas M. Cannella, Robert L. Baechtold, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper, Scinto, New York City, David T. Pritikin, Richard F. O'Malley, Charles W. Douglas, Sidley Austin Brown and Wood, Chicago, IL, for G.D. Searle, Inc., Monsanto Co., Pharmacia Corp.
Paul J. Yesawich, III, Harris Beach LLP, Pittsford, NY, Gerald Sobel, Richard G. Greco, Kaye, Scholar, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, New York City, Sylvia M. Becker, Kaye, Scholar, Fierman, Hays & Handler, LLP, Washington, DC, for Pfizer, Inc.
United States District Court, W.D. New York.
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, District Judge.
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