IN RE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PATENT LITIGATION

No. MDL 1592.

330 F.Supp.2d 12 (2004)

In re: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PATENT LITIGATION

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Marandett, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Exchange Place, Boston, Leora Ben-Ami, Kaye Scholer LLP, Patricia A. Carson, Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY, Elizabeth P. Wilkins, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, for Genetics Institute LLC, Wyeth.

Marcus E. Sernel, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Mark A. Pals, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Peter E. Gelhaar, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Michael S. D'Orsi, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, for Abbott Bioresearch Center.

Donald R. Ware, Foley Hoag LLP, Carla Miriam Levy, Foley Hoag LLP, Claire Laporte, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, for Biogen Idec Ma Inc., Genzyme Corp.

Adrian M. Pruetz, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, John B. Quinn, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Robert W. Stone, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, William Paul Schuck, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, San Francisco, CA, for Genentech, Inc.

Arthur Wineburg, Pillsbury Winthrop L.L.P., Washington, DC, Eileen M. Herlihy, Palmer & Dodge, LLP, Boston, for Amgen, Inc., Immunex Corporation.

Jessica Golden, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Melissa Mandrgoc, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Steven A. Zalesin, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, Jeffrey I.D. Lewis, New York, NY, for Johnson & Johnson.

Amanda Tessar, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Denver, CO, David I Gindler, Irell & Manella LLP, Kevin S. Rosen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, Scott McConchie, Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP, Boston, Wayne M. Barsky, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Jason Sheasby, Irell & Mandella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Columbia University in the City of New York, Trustees of.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

I. SUMMARY

On September 24, 2002, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO") issued U.S. Patent No. 6,455,275 (the "'275 patent"). The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ("Columbia") own the '275 patent. The plaintiffs in these five cases are drug companies. They each license a portfolio of patent rights from Columbia...

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