Legal Opinion
University of Utah v. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften E.V.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 11, 2012No. 11-CV-10484-PBSPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SARIS, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This case is the latest battle in the continuing war over patent rights in the field of RNA interference (“RNAi”), also known as gene silencing.1 RNAi is a process whereby a double-stranded RNA molecule inserted into a cell directs the destruction of messenger RNA before it can be translated into a protein. It has great potential therapeutic value.
The University of Utah (“UUtah”) brings this Second Amended Complaint against state officials at the University of Massachusetts (“UMass”) and other research institutes, alleging that Dr.…
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