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BIOGEN IDEC MA INC. v. TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 03-11329-MLW.

332 F.Supp.2d 286 (2004)

BIOGEN IDEC MA INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Miriam Levy, Foley Hoag LLP, Claire Laporte, Foley Hoag LLP, Donald R. Ware, Foley Hoag LLP, Katherine M. Hamill, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, Marcus E. Semel, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Mark A. Pals, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Michael S. D'Orsi, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Peter E. Gelhaar, Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP, Boston, MA, for Biogen, Inc., Genzyme Corporation, Abbott Bioresearch Center, Plaintiffs.

David I. Gindler, Irell & Manella LLP, Jason Sheasby, Irell & Manella LLP, Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Scott McConchie, Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP, Thomas F. Maffei, Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP, Boston, MA, for The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiffs in this case are drug companies. In 1993, plaintiff Biogen Idec MA Inc. ("Biogen") licensed from the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York ("Columbia") all patents deriving from an application that Columbia filed in 1980 (the "Axel Patents"). In 1994, plaintiff Genzyme Corporation ("Genzyme") obtained a similar license.

Biogen believed that...

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