Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. et al

  1. February 19, 2026

    She Has A Point: Dechert's Kassie Helm

    Kassie Helm, co-chair of Dechert LLP's global intellectual property group and head of its IP litigation group, is "unquestionably one of the leading lights of her generation," according to Morrison Foerster LLP partner Daralyn Durie, who praised Helm for her work as opposing counsel in a new series celebrating women litigators.

  2. April 06, 2023

    Bristol-Myers, Dana-Farber Settle Cancer IP Dispute

    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have resolved a dispute in Massachusetts federal court over licensing revenue for six groundbreaking immunology patents, according to a Thursday court filing.

  3. January 25, 2023

    Bristol-Myers Gets Pushback On Early Win Bid Over Cancer IP

    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. faced headwinds in Boston federal court Wednesday in arguing for a pretrial win in a lawsuit claiming it robbed Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of licensing revenue from groundbreaking immunology patents the research center now co-owns.

  4. August 01, 2022

    Bristol-Myers Says Its Former Lawyer Can't Testify In IP Battle

    Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. told a federal judge that Dana-Farber Cancer Institute should not be allowed to bring in a former BMS patent attorney from McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP to testify against his onetime client as part of an ongoing dispute over immunology patents.

  5. August 16, 2021

    Judge Lets Dana-Farber Advance Cancer Drug IP Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge has found that the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute made a plausible argument asserting that it is entitled to damages after Bristol-Myers Squibb left the research center's name off immunology patents.

  6. April 26, 2021

    Pfizer 'Bonus' Irks Judge In Bristol-Myers Cancer IP Dispute

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday grilled Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute over "troubling" settlement terms related to their prior high-profile patent ownership case that appeared to offer a bonus to intervenor Pfizer Inc. if the Boston nonprofit cancer hospital lost the case.

  7. June 24, 2019

    Cancer Center Claims Drug Cos. 'Robbed' It Of IP Revenue

    Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute says it should get a cut of more than $1.6 billion in licensing revenue Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. have raked in from immunology patents the institute says it co-owns, according to a new lawsuit.