MASSACHUSETTS EYE & EAR INFIRMARY v. NOVARTIS OPHTHALMICS, INC.

No. CIV.A. 01-10747-EFH.

353 F.Supp.2d 170 (2005)

MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, Plaintiff v. NOVARTIS OPHTHALMICS, INC. and QLT, Inc., Defendants QLT, Inc., Counterclaimant v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Evangelos S. Gragoudas, M.D., and Joan W. Miller, M.D., Counterdefendants. The General Hospital Corporation, Intervenor v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Evangelos S. Gragoudas, M.D., and Joan W. Miller, M.D., Defendants to Intervenor's Complaint.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Pastor, Fish & Neave, Bindu Donovan, Fish & Neave LLP, New York, NY, Christine M. Roach, Roach & Carpenter, P.C., Boston, MA, Christopher J. Harnett, Fish & Neave LLP, New York, NY, Gerald J. Flattmann, Fish & Neave, New York, NY, James F. Haley, Jr., Fish & Neave LLP, New York, NY, Karen Mangasarian, Fish & Neave, Kenneth B. Herman, Fish & Neave LLP, Krista M. Rygroft, Fish & Neave, New York, NY, for Plaintiff Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Adam R. Gahtan, Denise D. Taliaferro, Dimitrios T. Drivas, James S. Trainor, Jeffrey J. Oelke, White & Case, LLP, New York, NY, Juliet A. Davidson, Julie E. Green, Todd & Weld, LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant Novartis Ophthalmics, Inc.

Barbara A. Fiacco, Denise W. DeFranco, Donald R. Ware, Mark A Reilly, Sarah E. Cooleybeck, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant QLT, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HARRINGTON, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

This is a patent infringement case involving a type of laser treatment for patients suffering from certain eye diseases. Defendant QLT, Inc. ("QLT") brought the instant summary judgment motion, arguing that pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 256 the Court should correct inventorship of United States Patent No. 6,225,303 (the "'303 patent"). Because...

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