MASS. EYE AND EAR INFIRM. v. QLT PHOTOTHERAPEUTICS

Nos. 07-2615, 07-2616.

559 F.3d 1 (2009)

MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. QLT PHOTOTHERAPEUTICS, INC., Defendant. QLT, Inc., Counterclaim Plaintiff, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Evangelos S. Gragoudas, M.D.; Joan W. Miller, M.D., Counterclaim Defendants, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian P. Biddinger, Carla E. Sereny, Christopher J. Harnett, David S. Chun, James F. Haley, Jr., Kenneth B. Herman, William H. Baker, Ropes & Gray LLP, Gerald J. Flattmann, Kirkland & Ellis, Karen Mangasarian, Fish & Neave IP Group, New York, NY, Christine M. Roach, Roach & Carpenter, P.C., Boston, MA, for Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/M.D. Evangelos S. Gragoudas/M.D. Joan W. Miller.

Aaron M. Panner, Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel PLLC, Donald J. Ridings, Paul A. Ainsworth, Richard L. Rainey, Roderick R. McKelvie, Covington & Burling LLP, Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, Washington, DC, Barbara A. Fiacco, Dean Richlin, Donald R. Ware, Gabriel M. Helmer, Sarah E. Cooleybeck, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, Denise W. DeFranco, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P., Cambridge, MA, for QLT Phototherapeutics, Inc.

Before HOWARD, BALDOCK and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


ORDER OF COURT

QLT has filed a petition for rehearing of our decision in this case. One substantive issue presented in that petition warrants elaboration. QLT highlights an objection to the confidential information theory of unjust enrichment raised in its brief and addressed implicitly in our prior decision. Specifically, QLT argues that the voluminous evidence of its unfair behavior and repeated promises of compensation in exchange for MEEI's confidential information...

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