SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Synthon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

ORDER

ELIASON, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiffs, a group of pharmaceutical companies, sue the defendants (hereinafter called *165“Synthon”) for patent infringement. They now have filed a motion to modify a stipulated, blanket protective order entered into between the parties. The reason for the request is their desire to use the deposition transcript of a Dr. Franz VanDahlen1 (with Exhibits 2 & 4) to support their opposition to summary judgment filed in litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania which involves the same ’944 patent at…