Legal Opinion
In Re Columbia University Patent Litigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 5, 2004No. MDL NO. 04-1592PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. SUMMARY
The Trustees of the Columbia University in the City of New York (“Columbia”) have moved to dismiss the declaratory-judgment claims in these multidistrict litigation cases. Columbia alleges that its covenant not to sue the plaintiff drug companies on the claims of Patent No. 6,455,-275 (the “ ’275 patent”) as they now read extinguishes the constitutionally required actual cases or controversies between the parties with regard to plaintiffs’ requests for declaratory judgment. Plaintiffs oppose this motion.
For the reasons set forth in this…
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