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Contracts for Future Patent Rights: Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen
In Israel Bio-Engineering Project v. Amgen, Inc., 475 F.3d 1256 (Fed. Cir. 2007), the Federal Circuit addressed whether a plaintiff had independent standing to sue on a single patent claim, where the patent-in-suit contained two additional claims directed to subject matter that was discovered in part by a co-inventor who had not assigned his ownership rights in the patent to the plaintiff.
Background
Yeda Research and Develop- ment Company ('Yeda') and Inter-Pharm, both Israeli companies, formed Inter-Yeda Ltd. as a joint venture in 1979 to fund and commercialize the results of research projects. In 1981, Yeda and Inter-Yeda entered into an agreement whereby Inter-Yeda would finance four research projects over the course of five years. In 1982, Inter-Yeda negotiated two agreements with Israel Bio-Engineering Project ('IBEP'), a New York limited partnership, to fund the four projects. These contracts, which provided that they were to be construed according to Israeli law, were signed on Dec. 30, 1982 and remained in force until their expiration on Dec. 27, 1987.
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