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MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT v. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE

Civil Action No. 09-11116-PBS.

650 F.Supp.2d 114 (2009)

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHATEN E.V., a corporation under the laws of Germany; Max-Planck-Innovation GMBH, a corporation organized under the laws of Germany; and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiffs, v. WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, a Delaware corporation; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Massachusetts corporation; Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts, a Massachusetts corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amer S. Ahmed, David C. Kiernan, Glenn Pfadenhauer, Kendra P. Robbins, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Natasha N. Aljalian, Daryl L. Wiesen, Goodwin Procter LLP, Barbara A. Fiacco, Donald R. Ware, Foley Hoag LLP, Christopher M. Morrison, Hanify & King, Boston, MA, Jean M. Kelley, University of University, Shrewsbury, MA, for Defendants.

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

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This dispute is about a process called "RNA interference" that can be used to "silence" genes and has potentially huge therapeutic value. Plaintiffs are Max-Planck Society for the Advancement of Science, a non-profit academic research institution located in Germany1 and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a...

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