Washington University v. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

  1. November 27, 2018

    WARF Hit With $32M Bill Over WashU Royalty Sharing

    A Delaware federal court has ruled that the University of Wisconsin cheated Washington University in St. Louis of nearly $32 million in licensing profits linked to a successful Abbott Labs medicine for hyperparathyroidism, which often afflicts kidney dialysis patients.

  2. March 29, 2018

    WashU, WARF Offer Closing Arguments In Patent Royalty Trial

    Attorneys for Washington University in Saint Louis and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation made closing arguments Thursday in a Delaware federal court trial in which WashU accuses WARF of breaching a patent royalty agreement by withholding millions in shared profits.

  3. March 26, 2018

    WashU Kicks Off Trial Over Drug Patent Licensing Royalties

    Washington University in St. Louis opened a Delaware federal court bench trial Monday over allegedly unpaid patent royalties, telling a visiting judge that the University of Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation withheld millions in licensing royalties from a joint patent used in the development of a kidney disease treatment.

  4. January 27, 2016

    WARF Wins Kidney Disease Treatment Royalty Battle

    The University of Wisconsin's nonprofit patent and licensing organization has escaped a lawsuit brought by Washington University in St. Louis that accused the nonprofit of stiffing WashU on royalty payments related to a treatment for conditions associated with kidney diseases when a Delaware federal judge ruled the suit was time-barred.

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