Kucharczyk v. Regents of the University of California

ORDER

LYNCH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, both scientists’ who formerly worked for the University of California San Francisco (“UCSF”), are suing the Regents of the University of California (“the University”), Nycomed Salutar (“Salutar” or “Ny-comed”), and Nycomed Imaging AS (“NIAS”), Salutar’s parent company, alleging. a number of theories in ten causes of action. Salutar has counterclaimed against plaintiffs and cross-claimed against the University.

This suit arises out of plaintiffs* invention of a process in the magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) field and the University’s…