MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT v. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE

Civil Action No. 09-CV-11116-PBS.

850 F.Supp.2d 317 (2011)

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH, and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Heinrich , David I. Gindler , Jeremiah S. Helm , Lucy M. Stark , Michael Strub , Morgan Chu , Philip X. Wang , Sandra L. Haberny , Lina F. Somait , Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Scott McConchie , Thomas F. Maffei , Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Amer S. Ahmed , David C. Kiernan , Glenn Pfadenhauer , James L. Tuxbury , Sarah Campbell , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Christopher M. Morrison , Jones Day , Kristin D. Casavant , Murphy & King, PC, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V. ("Max Planck") and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Alnylam") have sued defendants Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ("Whitehead"), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT"), and the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts ("UMass") over the intellectual property...

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