SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH v. GENENTECH, INC.

Civil Action No. 9:08-CV-203.

607 F.Supp.2d 769 (2009)

SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, Plaintiff, v. GENENTECH, INC. and Biogen Idec, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.

March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Mitchell Smith, Lawrence Louis Germer, Germer Gertz, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, Aaron F. Barkoff, Alison J. Baldwin, Joshua R. Rich, Paul H. Berghoff, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Charles K. Verhoeven, Eric Wall, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, San Francisco, CA, Collin Michael Maloney, Otis W. Carroll, Jr., Ireland Carroll & Kelley, Tyler, TX, Gabriel S. Gross, Victoria Fishman Maroulis, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, Redwood Shores, CA, Donald Ross Ware, Claire Laporte, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, J. Thad Heartfield, M. Dru Montgomery, The Heartfield Law Firm, Beaumont, TX, for Defendant.


ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO CHANGE VENUE

RON CLARK, District Judge.

Plaintiff Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH ("Sanofi") filed suit against Defendants Genentech, Inc. and Biogen Idec Inc., claiming that nine of Genentech's biotherapeutics infringe United States Patent Nos. 5,849,522 and 6,218,140. Both of the patents are directed toward nucleic acid enhancers for cellular expression systems that can be used to produce drugs or antibodies for...

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