Legal Opinion
Vanderbilt University v. ICOS CORP.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided April 7, 2010No. 2009-1258PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1299CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in a patent action that Vanderbilt University (“Vanderbilt”) brought against ICOS Corporation (“ICOS”) on July 20, 2005. Vanderbilt filed suit under 35 U.S.C. § 256 alleging that Vanderbilt scientists Jackie D. Corbin (“Dr. Corbin”), Sharron H. Francis (“Dr. Francis”), and Sekhar R. Konjeti (“Dr. Konjeti”) (collectively the ‘Vanderbilt Scientists”) should be added as joint inventors on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,859,006 (“the '006 patent”) and 6,140,329 (“the '329 patent”). The district court…
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