Legal Opinion
Affymax, Inc. v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 2011No. 11-2070PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
In 1992 two companies began a joint venture to develop peptide compounds. The parties’ names have changed in corporate mergers or restructurings; we use their current names — Affymax and OrthoMcNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Ortho for short). The agreement provides that any inventions created by the parties’ joint efforts are jointly owned, but that inventions attributable to a single party are owned by that party. The agreement also says that disputes will be arbitrated.
The joint venture produced commercially valuable discoveries. Affymax sued in 2004, seeking a…
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