Selected 2002 Licensing and Technology Transactions

  • 1.1.2003

In 2002, we handled hundreds of licensing, product development, distribution, joint venture, strategic alliance, collaboration and similar agreements for clients. The following are selected highlights from our 2002 transactions:

  • Airvana — Joint development and distribution agreements with major telecommunications infrastructure provider
  • American Superconductor — Distribution by Bridex Technologies of power quality and reliability solutions in the Asia-Pacific market
  • Analog Devices — Product development, supply, OEM, license and outsourcing agreements
  • Ardais — License of bioinformatics tools to Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • ASML — Industry consortia for development of next-generation lithography equipment
  • Aspect Medical Systems — Strategic alliance with Boston Scientific for the development and distribution of sedation management technology
  • BOSE — Acquisition of Chinese distribution network
  • ccbn.com — Co-marketing agreements for investor relations services and public company financial information
  • CERA — Technology and service agreements in the global energy sector
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation — IT outsourcing agreements with major financial service providers
  • deNovis — Strategic alliance with IBM to offer healthcare claims processing technology to Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield and others
  • EMC2 — Outsourcing agreement with Accenture to provide open, platform-independent storage consulting services
  • Endeca — License of information delivery software to Barnes & Noble.com for book browsing engine
  • Eyetech Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration with Pfizer to develop and commercialize ophthalmic products for the treatment of blindness
  • Flexplay — Manufacturing, marketing and licensing relationships for next-generation DVD technology
  • Genaissance Pharmaceuticals — Collaboration agreement to apply pharmacogenomics technology to Biogen drugs in development
  • GenPath — Licenses for breeding and use of transgenic mice
  • GoAmerica Wireless Data Solutions — Strategic agreement for access to Boingo Wireless' high-speed Wi-Fi service
  • Hybridon — Collaboration agreement with Aegera Therapeutics to develop an antisense drug target to a cancer gene
  • Hydra Biosciences — Research collaborations with Abbott Laboratories
  • IAVI International AIDS Vaccine Initiative — Alliance with Imperial College, London, for world's first HIV vaccine clinical trial
  • IDEXX Laboratories — International licensing and sales agreements
  • Millennium — Long-term manufacturing agreement for bulk drug substance
  • NHL — Broadcast rights agreement for NHL Center Ice game package on cable and satellite television systems
  • NitroMed — Research collaboration and license agreement with Merck
  • Nova Biomedical — Develop agreements with Becton Dickinson for hand-held blood glucose monitors
  • Novartis — License to Schering-Plough of exclusive U.S. distribution and marketing rights to Foradil Aerolizer
  • Ocean Spray — Strategic operations alliance with Nestlé
  • Penwest — Joint development with Endo Pharmaceuticals of an extended-release oral form of oxymorphone
  • Phylogix Inc — Bioprocessing alliance with Large Scale Biology Corporation to manufacture therapeutic protein
  • Public Interest Registry — Creation of the new .org domain name registry and related agreements with ICANN, Afilias and VeriSign
  • TargetRx — Marketing information engagements by major pharmaceutical companies
  • The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation — Strategic alliance with Fair, Isaac to develop and offer small business credit and risk management solutions
  • The Medicines Company — Development and commercialization agreement with AstraZeneca for clevidipine
  • Thermo Electron Corporation — International distribution arrangements
  • Transkaryotic Therapies — Patent license from Cell Genesys
  • Triple G — Provision of laboratory information systems and services to major hospital networks
  • SI2Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. — Development of EDA data model using Cadence Design Systems source code
  • Starent Networks — Multi-year contract to supply key data network elements for China Unicom wireless network
  • Syngenta — Collaborative biotechnology research platform with Diversa for new plant science applications
  • WaterCove Networks — OEM agreement to incorporate Ulticom's carrier-grade signaling capabilities into wireless data services