IN RE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PATENT LITIGATION

No. MDL 1592.

330 F.Supp.2d 18 (2004)

In re: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PATENT LITIGATION

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

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

Adrian M. Pruetz, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, John B. Quinn, 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, MA, for Amgen, Inc., Immunex Corporation.

Jessica Golden, Melissa Mandrgoc, 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, Los Angeles, CA, Kevin S. Rosen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, Scott McConchie, Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP, Boston, MA, 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.

For the reasons described more fully in court on August 16, 2004, the court is allowing the plaintiffs' Motion for Limited Discovery Relevant to the Issue of Non-Statutory Double Patenting (the "Motion"). With the agreement of the plaintiffs, which are drug companies, the court is entering a protective order concerning the information produced as a result of the Motion being allowed.

The Motion seeks...

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