IREF v. Pfizer

Summary

The plaintiffs trade secret misappropriation claims arise out of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) clinical drug trials for Bextra, a second generation COX-2 inhibitor.

According to plaintiff non-profit Ischemia Research & Education Foundation (IREF), a proposed contract provided that Pfizer could have productive access to IREF's EPI1 and EPI2 adverse events databases for a CABG drug trial. However, Pfizer never signed the contract. Instead, the plaintiff said, Pfizer hired an IREF employee, who provided parts of the databases for Pfizer's use.

IREF sought $55M in direct damages.

Pfizer denied that it had conspired with the IREF employee, or stole any trade secret, but suggested that the employee had his own dispute with IREF, and might have acted based upon that dispute.

The jury awarded IREF damages of over $38M for misappropriation of trade secrets.

Outcome

Damages: 38,700,000

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: Ischemia Research & Educ. Foundation
Defense: Pfizer
Verdict: $38,700,000

Judge: Gregory Ward
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County
Court: Downtown Superior Court

Case Number: 1-04-CV-026653
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Practice Area: Intellectual Property, Pharmaceuticals, Trade Secrets

Plaintiff

Ischemia Research & Educ. Foundation

Defense

Pfizer

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:18:25	Opening Statement	Marino, Daniel
01:12:31	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Other

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
04:13:17	General Case Activities
00:00:00	Opening Statement	Zellers, Michael
01:25:52	Opening Statement	Ruby, Allen
02:03:55	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Hobbs, Allen	In Person
03:14:18	Witness Cross Examination	Ruby, Allen	Hobbs, Allen	In Person
03:45:52	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Crouch, Kendra	In Person
03:54:06	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Ng, Albert	In Person
04:18:15	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
00:06:09	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
00:16:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
00:20:14	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Cheung, Michael	In Person
00:48:45	Witness Cross Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Cheung, Michael	In Person
01:00:15	Break
01:01:14	Witness Cross Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Cheung, Michael	In Person
01:05:43	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Schohn, Stephen	In Person
01:38:14	Witness Cross Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Schohn, Stephen	In Person
01:51:31	General Case Activities
01:54:36	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
00:59:45	Break
01:14:12	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	East, Peter	In Person
02:01:00	Break
02:14:05	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	East, Peter	In Person
02:42:56	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	East, Peter	In Person
02:54:15	General Case Activities
02:57:00	End of Session

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
01:19:50	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
01:46:50	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:50:45	Break
01:03:50	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
01:44:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:58:41	Break
01:13:41	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
01:16:21	Witness Cross Examination	Ruby, Allen	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
02:17:22	Break
02:32:41	Witness Cross Examination	Ruby, Allen	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
03:16:45	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:47:54	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:52:35	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Ruby, Allen	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:56:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
00:58:30	Break
01:13:10	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:14:20	Break
02:26:51	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:47:50	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
03:23:45	Break
03:54:33	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
01:20:26	Break
01:39:18	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:46:22	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:54:26	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
01:18:50	Break
01:36:52	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
01:40:51	Witness Cross Examination	Ruby, Allen	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:43:49	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:01:20	General Case Activities
		00:02:20	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Anders, Dr. Robert	Video Recording

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Anders, Dr. Robert	Video Recording
00:18:37	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Fletcher, Dr. Mark	Video Recording
01:01:02	Break
01:18:32	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Fletcher, Dr. Mark	Video Recording
01:55:26	Witness Cross Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Fletcher, Dr. Mark	Video Recording
02:01:07	End of Session

NOV

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel		Video Recording
00:14:24	Witness Cross Examination			Video Recording
00:17:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel		Video Recording
00:21:22	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Verburg, Dr. Kenneth	Video Recording
01:04:50	Break
01:26:15	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Verburg, Dr. Kenneth	Video Recording
02:37:50	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

4 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
00:05:24	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
00:44:01	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
00:50:05	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
00:54:45	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
00:55:59	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
01:11:10	Break
01:29:41	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
02:27:51	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
02:39:10	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

14 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:03:05	General Case Activities
00:03:45	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
00:57:25	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
00:58:20	Break
01:10:40	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:12:20	General Case Activities
01:13:50	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:18:45	General Case Activities
01:20:20	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:20:40	General Case Activities
01:21:35	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:40:40	General Case Activities
01:42:50	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:56:14	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
00:45:52	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:04:32	Break
01:24:47	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Goldkind, Dr. Larry	In Person
01:35:32	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:19:27	Break
02:32:31	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:23:27	End of Session
03:21:59	General Case Activities

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Socha, Charles	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
01:10:59	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
01:24:50	Break
01:43:10	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
02:10:04	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Newman, Dr. Mark	Video Recording
02:11:49	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
02:51:38	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
00:32:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Socha, Charles	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
00:48:16	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
00:50:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Socha, Charles	Newman, Dr. Mark	In Person
00:51:41	Break
01:05:43	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:11:15	Break
02:26:15	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:16:40	End of Session

DEC

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

4 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:21:40	Break
01:41:12	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:14:59	End of Session

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
00:39:36	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
01:29:45	Break
01:42:45	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
02:42:50	Break
02:56:57	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:05:19	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:24:48	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:32:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Hubbard, Dr. Richard	In Person
03:36:50	Witness Direct Examination		Veidemanis , Rima	Video Recording
03:47:30	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

7 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Socha, Charles	Kardatzke, Dr. David	In Person
00:43:14	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Kardatzke, Dr. David	In Person
01:00:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Socha, Charles	Kardatzke, Dr. David	In Person
01:02:22	Break
01:21:12	Witness Cross Examination		White, Dr. William	Video Recording
02:00:12	Break
02:08:52	Witness Cross Examination	Marino, Daniel	Berry, Dr. Donald Ph.D.	Video Recording
02:45:32	General Case Activities
02:47:42	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

PM Session

Not in Session

0 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Defense Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Defense Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination		Berry, Dr. Donald Ph.D.	Video Recording
00:53:44	Break
01:11:56	Witness Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Ratliff, Allan	In Person
01:42:14	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Ratliff, Allan	In Person
02:14:56	General Case Activities
02:17:49	Break
02:33:07	Witness Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Ratliff, Allan	In Person
03:21:37	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Zellers, Michael	Ratliff, Allan	In Person
03:23:07	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Geragos, Mark	Ratliff, Allan	In Person
03:25:47	End of Session

DEC

AM Session

Other

10 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Closings

8 Chapters

DEC

AM Session

Closings

4 Chapters

PM Session

Other

3 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

Judge Motion Ruling

2 Chapters

DEC

PM Session

In Session - No Content Available

0 Chapters

DEC

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full except noted sections that were not recorded.

IREF v. Pfizer

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

Suggest a Trial

CVN Essentials

Video Library

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:39	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Ferguson, Ms. Fiona	In Person
00:55:25	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:05:38	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Ferguson, Ms. Fiona	In Person
01:05:52	Break
01:06:29	General Case Activities
01:10:49	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:08:57	Break
02:09:11	General Case Activities
02:12:15	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
02:33:59	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Tansey, Dr. Michael	In Person
03:12:12	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:50	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Needleman, Dr. Philip	Video Recording
01:30:45	Witness Cross Examination	Marinez, Enrique	Needleman, Dr. Philip	Video Recording
01:33:22	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
02:07:31	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
03:13:19	General Case Activities
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
00:33:29	Break
00:36:51	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
00:56:44	Break
01:09:03	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
02:08:44	Break
02:25:36	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Snabes, Dr. Michael	Video Recording
03:17:07	General Case Activities
03:20:46	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:05	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
02:50:28	General Case Activities
02:58:56	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
03:45:23	General Case Activities
03:54:07	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:47	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Mangano, Dr. Denis	In Person
03:33:35	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:24	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
01:16:40	Break
01:34:11	Witness Direct Examination	Westover, Gail	Teichman, Dr. Sam	In Person
02:35:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:27:20	Break
00:35:25	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Nossek, Dr. Richard	Video Recording
01:07:02	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
01:57:50	Break
02:17:36	Witness Direct Examination	Geragos, Mark	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
03:05:40	Witness Cross Examination	Zellers, Michael	Jackson, Jimmy	In Person
03:19:02	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:01	General Case Activities
00:01:00	General Case Activities	Zellers, Michael
00:08:15	General Case Activities	Geragos, Mark
00:15:00	General Case Activities

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:07:05	Break
00:11:35	General Case Activities	Zellers, Michael
00:12:49	General Case Activities	Ruby, Allen
00:19:34	Witness Direct Examination		Taylor, Dr. William	Video Recording
00:43:53	Witness Direct Examination		Canafax, Dr. Daniel	Video Recording
00:56:01	Witness Direct Examination	Marino, Daniel	Kokesh, Michael	In Person
01:01:05	Witness Cross Examination	Socha, Charles	Kokesh, Michael	In Person
01:26:28	General Case Activities
01:28:00	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:00	General Case Activities
01:06:55	Closing Statement	Zellers, Michael
00:02:42	Closing Statement	Geragos, Mark
01:37:45	End of Session

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	General Case Activities
		00:47:30	General Case Activities
		00:53:20	End of Session